half-blooded
Americanadjective
adjective
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being related to another individual through only one parent
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having parents of different races
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(of a domestic animal) having only one parent of known pedigree
Etymology
Origin of half-blooded
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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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.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
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.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher
I know these Yankees well--you are one, yourself, though only half-blooded; but I know them well, and have often seen them tried.
From Wyandotte by James Fenimore Cooper
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