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.
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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.
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3.
Someone’s pedigree is their background or their ancestors.
Hammer’s business pedigree almost guaranteed him the acquaintance of U.S. presidents...
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