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inbreed

Syllabification: (in·breed)
Pronunciation: /ˈinˌbrēd/
Definition of inbreed

verb (past and past participle inbred)

[no object] (often as noun inbreeding)
  • breed from closely related people or animals, especially over many generations:persistent inbreeding has produced an unusually high frequency of sufferers from this disease

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