inbred
/ˈɪnˌbɹɛd/ · noun
Meaning
- An inbred individual.
- Bred within; innate.
- Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.
- Describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
- To breed or reproduce with those that are related.
- To breed with those that share common traits or qualities.
- To produce or generate within.
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