Definition of breed

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Breed (v. i.) To raise a breed; to get progeny.

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Crossbred :: Crossbred (a.) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
Sheldrake :: Sheldrake (n.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows..
Greyhound :: Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments..
Warren :: Warren (n.) A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
Aurelian :: Aurelian (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist..
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To raise, as any kind of stock..
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
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Breeding :: Breeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bree.
Bull Terrier :: Bull terrier () A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.
Pisciculturist :: Pisciculturist (n.) One who breeds fish.
Mongrel :: Mongrel (a.) Not of a pure breed.
Pair :: Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding..
Gender :: Gender (v. i.) To copulate; to breed.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.
Half-blooded :: Half-blooded (a.) Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep..
Percheron :: Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman..
Cocktail :: Cocktail (n.) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins..
Native :: Native (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds..
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