What does misbreed mean?
Misbreed means To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring..
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/mɪsˈbɹiːd/ · verb
To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring..
Discord will occur even in Socrates ' city because the rulers, no matter how wise, will misbreed the guardians, producing inferior guardians, who bring discord with them.
Humans breed in ways quite similar to those of animals; and if humans misbreed, the results are misbreeds.
So what keeps wolves and coyotes from interbreeding in nature? Obviously, those who don't misbreed will leave more viable offspring.
Some breeders will go as far as to say that if a Jack Russell is not used for field work than it's not a Jack Russell, but a misbreed that looks like a Jack Russell.
Beside her, a misbreed named Alaa'kh hunched forward, lifted a too-flexible arm, and tilted a bowl so that the runny gruel could pour down into a gaping mouth that had no chewing apparatus; the gruel simply trickled into his digestive system.
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Misbreed means To breed with the wrong mate, resulting in inferior offspring..
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Discord will occur even in Socrates ' city because the rulers, no matter how wise, will misbreed the guardians, producing inferior guardians, who bring discord with them.
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