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Word entry · 8 letters

breeding

Best crossword clue

"Animal reproduction"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹiːdɪŋ/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted bdeeginrStarts with BEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Word origin

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true.
  • She had her breeding at my father's charge.
  • Your dog has good breeding.

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