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a lineage or race of people a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" a special lineage; "a breed of Americans" have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity" of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs" copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare" half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and Indian parents) call forth |
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