Half-breed (Adjective)
Meaning
(of animals) having only one purebred parent.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The farm had a mix of purebred and half-breed cattle that were often hybrid vigor examples.
- A half-breed dog is not eligible for purebred breeding programs.
- Some argue that half-breed sheep are more adaptable and healthy than purebred sheep.
- The cat we adopted was a half-breed Siamese that looked like it had some calico in its ancestry.
- Horse breeders often cross-breed to produce more robust half-breed horses.