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wholly of one breed or line (as opposed to crossbred).
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An animal of a recognized breed that is eligible for registration in the official herd book of that breed.
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An animal eligible for registry with a recognized breed association.
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Individual sheep whose parents are of the same breed and recorded in that particular breed registry.
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An animal that will breed true when mated to another of its kind. An animal whose parents were of the same kind. A 'Thoroughbred' is not the same thing - it is the proper name for a breed of horse.
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A horse with both sire and dam of the same breed.
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a cat whose ancestors are all of the same variety or allowable varieties; not a synonym for pedigreed.
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A cat descended from unmixed parentage within a single recognized breed.
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A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage
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An animal registered in a herd book or eligible for such registration.
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bred for many generation from member of a recognized breed or strain
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A very loose term used to designate rabbits which closely approximate the requirements of the standards for their breed, and have done so for a number of generations.
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an animal with 100% of the bloodline is from the same breed.
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A cat conforming to a recognized pedigree breed
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A cat whose ancestors are all of the same breed, or whose ancestry includes crossbreeding that is allowed in the breed standard. For example, a purebred Bombay may also have Burmese cats in its background.
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Parents are both of the same breed. If your parents are both Angus then you are a purebred Angus.
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An animal whose blood lines are pure.
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A dog or cat whose ancestors are all the same breed, or whose ancestry includes crossbreeding that is allowed in the breed standard. For example, a purebred Coca-poo has a Poodle and a Cocker Spaniel in its background.
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An animal of known ancestry within a recognized breed that is eligible for registry in the official herdbook of that breed.
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an organism that always produces the same traits in it's offspring
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The offspring of purebred parents that are of the same class, breed, and variety.
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An animal descended from a line of ancestors of the same breed; may or may not be registered.
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The offspring of a hen and rooster of the same breed.
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A dog whose sire and dam belong to the same breed and who are themselves of unmixed descent since recognition of the breed.
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A horse that through generations of unmixed bredding, has and will produce the preferred physical characteristics of the breed
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Purebreds, also called purebreeds or pedigreed, are cultivated varieties or cultivars of a species, achieved through the process of selective breeding. When the lineage of a purebred is recorded, that animal is said to be pedigreed. Therefore, although the terms are often used synonymously, there is a difference: all pedigreed animals are purebred, but not all purebred animals are pedigreed.
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