purebred

/ˌpjʊərˈbrɛd/

Other forms: purebreds

A purebred animal is one that has two parents from the same breed. if your puppy's mother and father were both standard poodles, that means she's purebred.

For domestic animals that are bred to have certain characteristics (or to look or behave a specific way), the term purebred describes the offspring of the exact same breed. A Maine coon cat with official papers proving its parentage is a purebred; another cat may look similar but have genetic material from a variety of cat breeds mixed in. Purebred is from the Latin purus, "unmixed," and breed, from a root meaning "bring to birth."

Definitions of purebred

1. adjective

   bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain
   synonyms:

   blooded, full-blood, full-blooded

   of unmixed ancestry

   pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred

   having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

   antonyms:

   crossbred

   bred from parents of different varieties or species

   outbred

   bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes

   bigeneric

   resulting from a cross between species of different genera

   hybrid, intercrossed

   produced by crossbreeding

   underbred

   of inferior or mixed breed

   half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed

   (of animals) having only one purebred parent
2. noun

   a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
   synonyms: pureblood, thoroughbred

   type of:

   animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

   a living organism characterized by voluntary movement