Definitions

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

  • noun A book registering the pedigrees of thoroughbred animals, especially horses.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The genealogical register of a stud, especially of horses; a book giving the pedigree of noted or thoroughbred animals, especially horses.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

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

  • noun In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses

Etymologies

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stud +‎ book

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Examples

  • I just noticed that the book many law professors call the "studbook" -- the book we get each year that lists and gives a brief bio of every American law professor -- is called the "Directory of Law Teachers," and therefore really ought to be called "the DOLT."

    IsThatLegal? 2003

  • I got offered blank checks for her by QH breeders studbook was still open; she had no papers.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Going to War? Ride a Mare 2010

  • Test with NAVHDA, do obedience work w/ UKC you might have to do some footwork to gin up a registry and sit down with someone who manages a big cat studbook to figure out the genetics.

    Test, then code 2008

  • Test with NAVHDA, do obedience work w/ UKC you might have to do some footwork to gin up a registry and sit down with someone who manages a big cat studbook to figure out the genetics.

    1-31-07 2008

  • It has been suggested that a studbook be initiated for this species.

    11 The Bearded Pig 1983

  • The Berlin Zoo was assigned by the IUCN in cooperation with the lUDZG to keep the guar studbook records.

    Chapter 9 1983

  • It had been naïve to imagine that all it took to be a bloodstock agent was a thorough knowledge of horses, an intimate relationship with the studbook, hundreds of acquaintances in the racing industry, and a reasonable head for business.

    Knockdown Francis, Dick 1974

  • International studbook keepers were historically zoo administrators with doctorates, working at bigger, more celebrated institutions -- not rubber-booted zookeepers tasked with feeding and cleaning up after animals.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Assigning the job is serious work; many studbook keepers hold onto their unpaid posts for decades.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • She manages a studbook of 950 orangutans living at more than 200 institutions in 56 countries.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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