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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Selective inbreeding to perpetuate certain desired qualities or characteristics in a strain of livestock.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Another name for in-and-in breeding.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun stockbreeding Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.

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