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Webster 1913 Edition


Half-blooded

Half′-bloodˊed

,
Adj.
1.
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock;
as, a
half-blooded
sheep
.
2.
Degenerate; mean.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Half-blooded

H`ALF-BLOODED

,
Adj.
Mean; degenerate. [Little used.]
1.
Proceeding from a male and female, each of full blood, but of different breeds; as a half-blooded sheep.

Definition 2024


half-blooded

half-blooded

English

Adjective

half-blooded (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) having only one parent in common
  2. (genetics) having parents of mixed ethnicities
  3. (animals) having only one parent that comes from known pedigree