purebred
adjective
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blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), thoroughbred
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Jackie, a 2-year-old purebred German shepherd, was purchased from a house breeder. — Jasmine Johnson, Twin Cities, "German shepherd named Max? You’re not alone. Here’s how many dogs are licensed in St. Paul, and why owners bother.," 3 Aug. 2019 The American Kennel Club, already under fire for championing purebred dogs, will not register clones. — Roxanne Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, "When is the best time to clone your dog?," 11 July 2019 In 2001, the pair purchased five purebred Holstein cows. — Deborah Hornblow, courant.com, "Boutique Farms: Creative And Resourceful Farmers Find Their Artisanal Niche," 25 June 2019 Rarity and super-popularity are both seen as mixed blessings in canine competition, and sometimes in the purebred dog world as a whole. — Jennifer Peltz, The Seattle Times, "A breed apart: Rare Westminster dogs have ring to themselves," 13 Feb. 2019 Boyle plays Scorpius Malfoy, whose father, Draco Malfoy, is a purebred, old-money wizard supremacist who made Harry Potter’s life a living hell in the first iteration of the books. — Jaya Saxena, GQ, "Anthony Boyle, the Maybe Bad Boy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," 5 June 2018 Follow along with my escapades — and my purebred mutt, Nala — on Instagram @HauerSarah. — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Be MKE: Ordering food on Instagram, the state's first Ikea and a bar name controversy," 9 May 2018 The eight other purebred puppies discovered in the makeshift veterinary clinic, where large packets of liquid heroin were surgically implanted into the folds of skin along their bellies, suffered grave consequences. — New York Times, "Veterinarian Charged With Smuggling Heroin Inside Puppies," 1 May 2018 Basically, his face got smushed, so while his brothers and sisters were sold for $1,500 each as purebred yellow Labs, he was given away to his previous owner free. — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, "'I laugh at him all the time': Meet Beaux Tox, the dog with a face made for Instagram | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 24 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'purebred.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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