PEDIGREE


Meaning of PEDIGREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pedɪgri: ]

( pedigrees)

1.

If a dog, cat, or other animal has a pedigree , its ancestors are known and recorded. An animal is considered to have a good pedigree when all its known ancestors are of the same type.

60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.

N-COUNT

2.

A pedigree animal is descended from animals which have all been of a particular type, and is therefore considered to be of good quality.

...a pedigree dog.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

3.

Someone’s pedigree is their background or their ancestors.

Hammer’s business pedigree almost guaranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents...

N-COUNT : oft poss N

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