inbreeding - Definition and Meaning

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(noun)

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the breeding of closely related people or animals, especially over many generations

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persistent inbreeding has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease

(verb)

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breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations

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if they are allowed to inbreed even further this can eventually spoil the species

Herbie likes to inbreed his family of pigeons