A male parent of a quadruped; esp. a stallion. Correlative to dam.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse > as father or grandfather (2) sire?1530 A male parent of a quadruped; esp. a stallion. Correlative to dam. grandsire1692 The male parent of the parent of an animal; spec. the sire of an animal's (esp. a horse's or dog's) sire. Cf. grandam, n. 1b. |
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