adjective
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(of horses, cattle, etc) of good breeding
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(in combination) having blood or temperament as specified
hot-blooded, cold-blooded, warm-blooded, red-blooded, blue-blooded
Other Word Forms
- well-blooded adjective
Etymology
Origin of blooded
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at blood, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Toxoplasma gondii is a potentially dangerous parasite that infects warm blooded animals.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026
Some deep-sea fish, such as tuna and lamnid sharks, a family of large and speedy sharks, are partially warm blooded; they can divert body heat to specific organs even in icy temps.
From Science Magazine • May 10, 2023
“Because they’re cold blooded animals, they regulate their body temperature as best they can based on the environment,” he said.
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Species of warm- blooded animals, for example, tend to have larger bodies in the cooler climates closer to the earth’s poles, allowing them to better conserve heat.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
On well-grassed flats the blooded Herefords grazed, only looking up as we drove by in a cloud of dust.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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