Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A recognizable strain or marked subdivision of a breed; an incipient artificial race or stock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
race orstrain differing in certain characteristics from theparent breed .
Etymologies
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sub- + breed
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