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Definition of Purebred

1. Adjective. Bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain.

2. Noun. A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses.

Definition of Purebred

1. Adjective. that (usually an animal) which has genuine parents of the same breed ¹

2. Noun. an animal which is of pure breed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Purebred

1. an animal of unmixed stock [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purebred

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Literary usage of Purebred

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

1. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"In the South the breeding of purebred animals has not received attention ... This is due in part to the paucity of purebred animals and in part to the ..."

2. The Business of Dairying: How to Conduct Dairy Farming for the Largest Profit by Clarence Bronson Lane (1909)
"With the breeder of purebred stock the products of the dairy are often a secondary matter, his principal business being to breed and sell the animals. ..."

3. Henry Baird Favill, A.B., M.D., LL.D., 1860-1916: A Memorial Volume, Life by Henry Baird Favill (1917)
"THE VALUE OF purebred CATTLE I HARDLY know why I should have been chosen to talk to a body of practical dairymen upon this subject, because as a matter of ..."

4. A History of the Percheron Horse: Including Hitherto Unpublished Data by Alvin Howard Sanders (1917)
""A record of the feed consumption and increase in weight and height of a lot of 10 purebred Percheron weanling fillies, foaled in 1914, was made at the ..."

5. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by Joseph Story, United States, George Sharswood (1839)
"зв.1792> mosi e''gible ; and for that purpose to appoint a known agent or purebred, such manner, and at such times and places, as they shall deem one fourth ..."

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