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单词 home-breeding
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home-breedingadj.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmˌbriːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌbridɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, breeding adj.
Etymology: < home n.1 + breeding adj. Compare home-bred adj.
1. Arising or proliferating in one's home country. Obsolete.
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1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. D4 Those home-breeding foes, That from the eyes their venim do disperse.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 666/1 To diuert these home-breeding rancors and practises, by employing the wits and bodies of men in other more honest things, the Earle of Candal..and the Lord L'Esparre, come secretly from Burdeaux.
2. Of a (species of) bird: that breeds in the home country of the speaker or writer; not migratory. Now rare.
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1878 Morning Post 7 Jan. 7/3 The effect of the early ending of close time is also to defeat the object of the said act, which is to increase the numbers of the home-breeding birds.
1914 Overland Monthly Feb. 181/2 The migrating ducks..have returned from their breeding places in Northern North America; and the home-breeding ducks have safely raised their broods among the tule ponds.
1939 J. Berry Status & Distribution Wild Geese & Wild Duck in Scotl. 57 The protection of this species..should be extended to cover the whole country if the home breeding birds are to be preserved.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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