A pedigreed animal is descended from animals that have all been of a particular type, and is therefore consideredto be of good quality.
pedigreed in American English
(ˈpedɪˌɡrid)
adjective
having established purebred ancestry
a pedigreed collie
Word origin
[1810–20; pedigree + -ed3]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, dynamic, liberalism, rationalize, technique-ed is a suffix forming adjectives from nouns. Other words that use the affix -ed include: bearded, monied, tender-hearted
Examples of 'pedigreed' in a sentence
pedigreed
These are pedigreed hounds and they belong in packs.