Definition of Linebreeding

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Linebreeding

1. Practice of successive inbreeding of closely related individuals with the object of concentrating desirable or scientifically interesting genetic characteristics of some individual or group. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Linebreeding

lineary
lineate
lineated
lineation
lineations
lineature
lineatures
linebacker
linebacker blitzing
linebackers
linebacking
linebackings
linebreak
linebreaks
linebred
linebreeding (current term)
linebreedings
linecaster
linecasters
linecasting
linecastings
linecut
linecuts
lined
lined antshrike
lined antshrikes
lined flap
lined gold
lined snake
linefeed

Literary usage of Linebreeding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
"There may be close linebreeding and more out or wide linebreeding. Many times a breeder does not care to call inbreeding by its right name and calls it line ..."

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