half-blooded

Adjective

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Adjective (1)

  1. (of animals) having only one purebred parentSynonyms: half-bredhalf-breedOpposite purebredSimilar crossbred
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Half′-blood′ed adjective

1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

2. Degenerate; mean. William Shakespeare

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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