half-bred in English
adjective
1
(of an animal) having one pure-bred parent.
But perhaps the greatest beneficiary of all has been the Irish half-bred mare whose future in the mid-1900s looked extremely bleak.
noun
1
an animal having one pure-bred parent.
They were as much a part of their Magyar felver - Hungarian half-breds - as centaurs.
adjective
half-breedhalf-blooded
Use "half-bred" in a sentence
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1. She is the half-bred bastard of an ailing dotard.
2. ' whispered the little wretch, rousing a half-bred bulldog from its lair in a corner.