The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade.

To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

(breeding animal) any animal. (not purebred or not eligible for registration) that possesses the major characteristics of a breed (grade Angus, grade Hereford, etc.).

A sheep that has one purebred parent and one scrub parent.

Animals showing the predominant characteristics of a given breed. They usually have at least one purebred parent, ordinarily the bull.

A horse which may have a purebred parent; usually it is one having only a small amount of blood of some pure breed. Not the same as Halfbred, half Thoroughbred, or Half-Arabian, etc., in which one parent is purebred, or Crossbred, in which two breeds are combined.

Term used to describe an horse that is not registered with any breed association.

a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed