单词 | to throw true |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw true c. intransitive. to throw true: (of an animal) to produce offspring having the same characteristics as the parents. ΚΠ 1875 National Live-stock Jrnl. (Chicago) Nov. 424/3 Continuing to breed from the same strain or type, which in time becomes a thoroughbred one, and throws true. 1916 Breeder's Gaz. 19 Oct. 727/3 He must pick the best individuals of existing breeds,..outbreed and inbreed, until a type is established which throws true. 2009 F. Lynghaug Official Horse Breeds Standards Guide i. 116/1 He kept this stock on his ranch, breeding and culling out those offspring that did not throw ‘true’. < as lemmas |
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