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Thoroughbred

Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like.

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Adult 76% connected

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

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Animal 76% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Fauna 76% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Pedigree 92% connected

A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.

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