noun
a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
• Syn: ↑thoroughbred, ↑purebred
adjective
having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
• Syn: ↑pedigree, ↑pedigreed, ↑pureblooded, ↑thoroughbred
• Similar to: ↑purebred
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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective or pure-blooded \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ : of unmixed ancestry : purebred
II. noun
: a pureblood individual : purebred
a beef sire that is a pureblood of excellent ancestry
especially : a member of one of the non-Caucasian divisions of mankind (as a Negro or American Indian) — compare mixed-blood
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/pyoor"blud'/, n.
1. an individual, esp. an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
adj. Also, pureblooded, pure-blooded.
2. of or pertaining to a pureblood.
3. purebred (def. 1).
[1770-80; PURE + BLOOD]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.