英和和英

発音

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈbɹiːd/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsbɹiːd/

動詞

misbreed (三人称単数 現在形 misbreeds, 現在分詞 misbreeding, 過去形および過去分詞形 misbred)

1. To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring.
   • 1994, Brian G. Domino, Social and Political Philosophy, page 29:

     Discord will occur even in Socrates ' city because the rulers, no matter how wise, will misbreed the guardians, producing inferior guardians, who bring discord with them.

   • 2005, Mark Bennett Feldman, Narrating, Displaying and Spectating the Animal, page 287:

     Humans breed in ways quite similar to those of animals; and if humans misbreed, the results are misbreeds.

   • 2014, David V. McCorkle, Why the Universe Bothers to Exist, page 21:

     So what keeps wolves and coyotes from interbreeding in nature? Obviously, those who don't misbreed will leave more viable offspring.

名詞

misbreed (複数形 misbreeds)

1. The inferior offspring that results from misbreeding.
   • 2005, Mark Bennett Feldman, Narrating, Displaying and Spectating the Animal, page 287:

     Humans breed in ways quite similar to those of animals; and if humans misbreed, the results are misbreeds.

   • 2008, Don Rainwater, Kellie Rainwater, The Jack Russell Terrier Canine Companion Or Demon Dog, page 43:

     Some breeders will go as far as to say that if a Jack Russell is not used for field work than it's not a Jack Russell, but a misbreed that looks like a Jack Russell.

   • 2015, Kevin J. Anderson, Blood of the Cosmos:

     Beside her, a misbreed named Alaa'kh hunched forward, lifted a too-flexible arm, and tilted a bowl so that the runny gruel could pour down into a gaping mouth that had no chewing apparatus; the gruel simply trickled into his digestive system.