pure-blooded

pure–blooded

adjective

Definition of PURE-BLOODED

of unmixed ancestry <both dogs are pure-blooded Chesapeake Bay retrievers>

Synonyms blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), thoroughbred

Related Words well-bred; inbred

Near Antonyms crossbred, crossed, half-blood (or half-blooded), half-bred, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Antonyms hybrid, mixed, mongrel

Variants of PURE-BLOODED

pure–blooded or pure–blood

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