service animal

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service animal

noun service animals

Any animal fulfilling the role of a service dog. The Department of Transportation's guidelines for air travel with service animals states "unusual animals are evaluated on a case by case basis" and that airlines may exclude animals that are too large or heavy to accommodate in the flight cabin, pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other
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"service animal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/service%20animal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{service_animal_2026,
  title = {service animal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/service%20animal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}