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purebred

purebred adjective: having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.

Adjective

purebred (comparative more purebred, superlative most purebred)

  1. Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.
    • Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebred dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 1, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, pages 12–13

Noun

purebred (plural purebreds)

  1. An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.

purebred meaning in Tamil

purebred in Tamil

இனக்கலப்பற்ற, தூய்மை மரபுடைய

Antonyms of purebred

Forms of purebred

Adjective
comparativemore purebred
superlativemost purebred
Noun
pluralpurebreds

Origin of purebred

From pure + bred.

Questions about purebred

What does purebred mean?
Purebred means having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.
What is purebred in Tamil?
Purebred in Tamil is இனக்கலப்பற்ற, தூய்மை மரபுடைய. See Purebred meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is purebred?
Purebred can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near purebred in the dictionary

  1. pure-out
  2. pure-play
  3. pureblood
  4. pureblooded
  5. purebloods
  6. purebred
  7. purebreds
  8. purebreed
  9. purebreeds
  10. Pureco
  11. Purecos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: purebred (page history and authors); purebred (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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