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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Selective inbreeding to perpetuate certain desired qualities or characteristics in a strain of livestock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another name for in-and-in breeding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun stockbreeding Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.
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