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🏇 A purebred animal 🐕 Of pure breed
pureblood

pureblood

1 7.7
Having only parents and grandparents from one breed recorded in papers
  • adjective
  • /ˈpjʊrˌblʌd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : de raza pura
  • To participate in the elite show, all dogs must be pureblood and registered with the breed club.

Examples

  • The horse was a pureblood, with a pedigree tracing back to champions in its breed.

  • But these are... Pureblood clothes.

    Cloud Atlas (2012)

  • Then why are you sweating, pureblood?

    Blade (1998)

  • Breed out the next generation of pureblood werewolves.

    Dark Wolf (2003)

  • Khalar has been searching for a pureblood decendent for twenty years.

    Conan the Barbarian (2011)

  • lt won't matter who's pureblood and who's not.

    Blade (1998)

  • The breeder proudly displayed her pureblood kittens, each with verified lineage and health certificates.

Synonyms

purebred
vspureblood
  • Specialized
4 4.2

An animal whose parents are from the same family line and that often has papers showing its family

requires explicit ancestor records proving breed purity
full blood
vspureblood
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A person or animal whose parents are both from the same pure group

focuses on documented pedigree rather than parentage alone

How Pedigreed

pureblood
  • Specialized
1 7.7
purebred
  • Specialized
11 4.6
half-bred
7.0
crossbred
4.8

Surface Forms

pureblood positive

Morphology

pureblood = pure + blood (semi-transparent) = pure + blood

The components 'pure' and 'blood' are recognizable, but 'blood' as 'lineage' is somewhat idiomatic and learners may not immediately infer 'pure lineage'.

Etymology

Pureblood is made of pure and blood, where pure means 'unmixed' and blood often means 'family' or 'line'. So a pureblood animal is one whose family line is all the same breed.