half-blooded

American  

[haf-bluhd-id, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌblʌd ɪd, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

1. having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.

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half-blooded British  

adjective

1. being related to another individual through only one parent

2. having parents of different races

3. (of a domestic animal) having only one parent of known pedigree

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Etymology

Origin of half-blooded

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

He gets from eight hundred to one thousand half-blooded sheep, worth double their dams, and ready to be made the basis of another and higher stride in improvement.

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He says that by means of suggestion he taught a half-year old half-blooded mare-colt which he had raised himself, to fetch and carry, and this in a very short time.

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But it may come out in the next generation; for, if these half-blooded individuals marry among themselves one-quarter of their children on the average will be blue-eyed.

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I know these Yankees well--you are one, yourself, though only half-blooded; but I know them well, and have often seen them tried.

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