单词 | sib-bred |
释义 | > as lemmassib-bred sib-bred adj. now rare (of a domestic or cage bird) that has been produced by breeding closely related individuals with one another. ΚΠ 1873 Country 30 Oct. 394/2 He said, very gravely, ‘Weel, sib bred is sib bred, an I thocht that onybody kenned what that was.’ However, I found that the definition of the words meant consanguinity. 1934 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate 8 Dec. 14/2 (advt.) White Manikins, Gingers, Sib Bred Canaries, Zebs. 1961 R. B. Bennett Budgerigars, Canaries & Foreign Finches xxi. 155 Sib-bred, the young from related birds bred in and in for many years. In-bred. < as lemmas |
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