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Adjective: purebred  'pyûr,bred
  1. Bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
Noun: purebred  'pyûr,bred
  1. A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
    - thoroughbred, pureblood

Derived forms: purebreds

See also: ancestry, blooded, derivation, filiation, full-blood, full-blooded, lineage, pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Antonym: crossbred

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