Definition of breeding

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Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.

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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..
Redfin :: Redfin (n.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley..
Studding :: Studdery (n.) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud..
Ungentle :: Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc..
Well-bred :: Well-bred (a.) Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.
Penguinery :: Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins..
Indecorous :: Indecorous (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct..
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion..
Dainty :: Dainty (superl.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender..
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..
Inbreeding :: Inbreeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inbree.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The act or process of generating or bearing.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves..
Stallmen :: Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Pipa :: Pipa (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits..
Gentlefolks :: Gentlefolks (n. pl.) Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..
Fellow :: Fellow (n.) A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
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