INBREEDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of mating closely related individuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("inbreeding" is a kind of...):

conjugation; coupling; mating; pairing; sexual union; union (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb inbreed

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