Definition of Granddams

1. granddam [n] - See also: granddam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Granddams

grandbabes
grandbabies
grandbaby
grandbairn
grandbairns
grandboomer
grandboomers
grandchild
grandchildless
grandchildren
granddad
granddaddies
granddaddy
granddads
granddam
granddams (current term)
granddaughter
granddaughter cyst
granddaughters
granddog
granddogs
grande
grande dame
grande wormwood
grandee
grandees
grandeeship
grandeeships
grander
grandes écoles

Literary usage of Granddams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Control of Heredity: A Study of the Genesis of Evolution and Degeneracy by Casper Lavater Redfield (1903)
"It was also found that the dams, granddams and great-granddams of mares were more highly trained than were the dams, ..."

2. Control of Heredity: A Study of the Genesis of Evolution and Degeneracy by Casper Lavater Redfield (1903)
"It was also found that the dams, granddams and great-granddams of mares were more highly trained than were the dams, ..."

3. The Greyhound in 1864: Being the Second Edition of a Treatise on the Art of by John Henry Walsh (1864)
"Every greyhound, whether dog or bitch, must be considered as a compound animal, made up of a sire and dam, also of two grandsires and granddams; ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"(c) But this rule meets with a remarkable exception in the case of $ parentage; both granddams and dams are more variable than their offspring, ..."

5. Treasury Decisions Under Tariff and Navigation Laws, Etc by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Dept. of the Treasury, United States (1901)
"... and that its sire and dam, and grand- sires and granddams were all recorded in a book of record established tor the same breed. Article 543 provides for ..."

6. The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report by State Board of Agriculture, Missouri State Board of Agriculture, Missouri (1906)
"There are bulls whose dams, granddams, aunts and sires are all polled and ... Within a few months we expect to have polled calves whose dams, granddams, ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1906)
"Variation was always at work making one colt unlike another; Heredity made each colt a blend or mosaic of traits of sire and of grandsires and granddams; ..."

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