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Definition of Mongrels
1. mongrel [n] - See also: mongrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mongrels
Literary usage of Mongrels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Human Species by Armand Quatrefages de Bréau (1890)
"We shall now see this opposition as strongly marked in the product of these unions
in mongrels and hybrids. Several questions are raised by the mixed nature ..."
2. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"The most important distinction is, that in the first generation mongrels are more
... When mongrels and the more fertile hybrids are propagated for several ..."
3. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... among plants — Cases of the fertility of hybrids and of the infertility of
mongrels —The effects of close inter-breeding — Mr. ..."
4. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... among plants— Cases of the fertility of hybrids and of the infertility of
mongrels —The effects of close inter-breeding—Mr. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1871)
""mongrels." BY "IDSTONE." animals have met with more scorn, contempt, and kicks,
than " half-bred curs." The " Dog Show," that hobby of the day, ..."
6. Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1881)
"Stepan's trio were, in their way, the three ugliest half-starved mongrels that
ever were possessed with the pluck of a gamecock and the unreasoning devotion ..."
7. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by K[arl] Claus, F. G. Heathcote, Carl F. Claus (1884)
"In connection with the exceptional cases which have just been discussed, we may
lay great stress upon the perfect reproductive capabilities of mongrels, ..."
8. Lectures on Man: His Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth by Karl Christoph Vogt, James Hunt (1864)
"Time requisite for such modifications.—Intermixture of Races.—Differences in
Prolificacy in various mongrels.—Intermixture of White Races between themselves ..."
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