half-bred

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half-bred - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Half-bred \Half"-bred`\ (-br[e^]d`), a.
     1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]
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     2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding;
        not well trained. --Atterbury.
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half-bred - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  half-bred
      adj 1: (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: half-  blooded
             , half-bred, half-breed]