Definition of breeding

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Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bree.

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Vermination :: Vermination (n.) The generation or breeding of vermin.
Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show
Stocker :: Stockdove (n.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees..
Weed :: Weed (v. t.) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
Stallmen :: Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Gentlewoman :: Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
True-bred :: True-bred (a.) Being of real breeding or education; as, a true-bred gentleman..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark..
Illiberal :: Illiberal (a.) Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous..
Well-bred :: Well-bred (a.) Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.
Gentility :: Gentility (n.) The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding..
Indecorous :: Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct..
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth..
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Gentry :: Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry..
In And An :: In and an (a. & adv.) Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.
Nidus :: Nidus (n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed..
Water Cock :: Water cock () A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora..
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