purebred
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈpjʊrˌbrɛd/
- Specialized
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animal de pura raza
- There are some very smart purebreds, because the breeders want to make better dogs, so they are carefully bred.
- purebreds and mutts
- well-groomed purebreds
This motherfucker got a purebred I'm looking at this shit like that dog can get a job.
- This motherfucker got a purebred I'm looking at this shit like that dog can get a job.
Examples
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When people breed purebreds, they are generally breeding them for the best-looking body and coat.
Blog text (33) -
'Cause he looks like a purebred, probably from a breeder.
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I tell you that baby I was riding was a purebred.
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One is a rescue from the UK and the other is a purebred.
Blog text (29) -
However, I really do like these purebred French Bulldogs.
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That Yorkshire's about $1,250 if it's a purebred.
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Mr. Cortez, you do realize the Beverly Hills Dog Show is for purebreds only.
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He is Moonfire, a purebred of one of the oldest bloodlines.
Fiction book (1990) -
So most schools, you'll see purebred labs, golden retrievers, poodles, those are the three most common.
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At the dog show, only the finest champion bloodlines are accepted, so all the entries are purebreds.
Synonyms
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An animal of pure breed with a recorded family history
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Having only parents and grandparents from one breed recorded in papers
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A person or animal whose parents are both from the same pure group
Antonyms
An animal or plant bred from parents of different breeds, sometimes from different species
How Pedigreed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purebred comes from the parts pure ('not mixed') and bred ('born from a breed'). So a purebred is an animal whose parents are the same breed and whose family line has not been mixed with other breeds.