breeding

Definitions


[ˈbriːdɪŋ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the mating and production of offspring by animals
(e.g: the flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start)

- the good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity
(e.g: that's the kind of modesty you get from good breeding)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries