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English
Etymology
From shoot + -able.
Adjective
shootable (comparative more shootable, superlative most shootable)
- able to be shot
1883, R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny, Town Life in Australia:Amongst other animals shootable are the native bear--a sluggish creature looking like a small bear; the bandicoot, a small animal with a pig's head and snout; the native cat; cockatoos, parrots, eagles, hawks, owls, parroquets, wild turkey, quail, native pheasants, teal, native companions, water-hens, and the black swan and the opossum.
1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I:I've shot and hunted every beast, I think, shootable and huntable, from a humming-bird to an elephant; and I had some splendid fishing in Canada; but, after all, give me a Whitbury trout, on a single-handed Chevalier.
1989 January 13, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:Because native species, such as Illinois' native grouse, the prairie chicken, have been driven out of vast areas by habitat destruction, managers have sought to import shootable birds that can survive in the devastated landscapes of postsettlement America.
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