purebred

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purebred

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From pure + bred.

adjective more purebred · most purebred

  1. Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal. Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebred dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.

noun purebreds

  1. An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.

Opposite: Heinz 57, mixed breed

Thesaurus

noun

Opposite: Heinz 57, mixed breed

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adj that which has genuine parents of the same breed

Españolde pura cepa
日本語純血の junketsu no
中文純種的 /纯种的 chúnzhǒng de
Françaispur-sang
Deutschreinrassig, Rasse-
Русскийчистокро́вный čistokróvnyj, чистопоро́дный čistoporódnyj

noun animal which has genuine parents of the same breed

한국어순혈 sunhyeol
日本語純血 junketsu
中文純種 /纯种 chúnzhǒng
Русскийпоро́дистое живо́тное poródistoje živótnoje

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@misc{purebred_2026,
  title = {purebred},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purebred},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}