purebred
nounEtymology From pure + bred.
1
An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.
- Antonyms
- Heinz 57, mixed breed
purebred
adjEtymology From pure + bred.
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.2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 1, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, pages 12–13: