BREED Related Words

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Hypernym

  • variety

    (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

  • animal group

    a group of animals

  • type

    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

  • cause, do, make

    give rise to

  • copulate, mate, pair, couple

    engage in sexual intercourse

  • produce, create

    create or manufacture a man-made product

  • reproduce, procreate, multiply

    have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

Member_holonym

  • species

    (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

Derivation

  • stock

    supply with livestock

  • breed

    cause to procreate (animals)

  • multiply

    have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

  • strain

    a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

  • breeder, stock breeder

    a person who breeds animals

  • breeding

    the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization

  • generation, multiplication, propagation

    the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

  • reproduction, procreation, facts of life

    the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Hyponym

  • bloodstock

    thoroughbred horses (collectively)

  • pedigree

    line of descent of a purebred animal

  • mongrelize, mongrelise

    cause to become a mongrel

  • crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed

    breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

  • pullulate

    breed freely and abundantly

Domain_topic

  • animal husbandry

    breeding and caring for farm animals

Verb_group

  • brood, hatch, cover, incubate

    sit on (eggs)

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