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sib-bred

adj

Etymology

From sib + bred.

  1. inherited from bred — “board, plank, tablet, table”
  2. inherited from bred
  3. formed as sib-bred — “sib + bred”

Definitions

  1. Bred or descended from ancestors who were related.

    • […] have great faith in the London Fancy birds for a cross, and should prefer these birds to Norwich, as they have been sib-bred for at least fifty years.
    • The “sib-bred" canaries shew unmistakable signs of albinism; they are practically white in plumage, and, through lack of pigmentation in the iris […]
    • […] of course, can have no effect on its pedigree, which, as the carefully sib-bred hens prove, is really the crucial point in the production of clear Mules.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA