pedigreed
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˈpɛdɪˌɡrid/
- Specialized
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de raza
- Here's one from a woman whose husband spends all his time raising pedigreed goldfish.
- a pedigreed dog
- a pedigreed cat
Examples
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The kennel specializes in adopting out pedigreed dogs, ensuring they have verified lineage.
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Like a pair of pedigreed hounds!
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In the final, Princeton will face another pedigreed program: North Carolina.
Blog text (24) -
He'd been able to sell off six of his prime, pedigreed Holsteins and two of his black Angus.
Fiction book (1990) -
Pedigreed selected birds had the lowest (11.34) mortality percentage while the highest (12.55) in random bred control.
Academic text (2013) -
It was the first long-needled pine we'd ever had and seemed exotic—a pedigreed Persian cat of a tree.
Fiction book (2001) -
She proudly showed her friends the pedigreed cat she had adopted from a reputable breeder.
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Breeders are required to document every pedigreed animal's ancestry for registration.
Synonyms
3
7.1
Having a recorded family history that shows it is of a pure breed
2
5.0
Having parents and ancestors all from the same race or breed
Having a recorded line of ancestors that proves an animal is purebred
Officially recorded by a breed club as a purebred animal
An animal whose parents and grandparents are the same breed with papers showing no mixing
How Purebred
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pedigreed comes from pedigree, which itself comes from an old French phrase pied de grue meaning 'crane's foot' because early family trees had lines that looked like a bird's foot. So a pedigreed animal is one with a written record of its family, showing its 'ancestry' and that it is purebred.