snob, pedigree bull, jowl, breeding, in-breeding, incestuous

He was a snob, but a snob about talent and culture more than pedigree.

In a statement on Wednesday, Mr. Lebedev promised to guarantee The Standard’s editorial independence. “We are strong supporters of a free and independent press and we greatly admire The Evening Standard as an iconic publication with its pedigree of fine journalism and commentary,” the statement said.

European court upholds German incest verdict

Punishment for incest is not a violation of human rights, according to the
European Court of Human Rights. The Strasbourg court rejected the German
case of a man who was convicted due to sexual relations with his sister.

Reform to protect pedigree dogs

The Kennel Club has introduced new standards for 209 breeds, following concerns about ill health in pedigree dogs caused by yeadog, rs of in-breeding.

Last year, the RSPCA pulled out of Crufts, saying breeding to exaggerate certain features, such as bulldogs' jowls, had led to painful deformities.
Now new rules designed to prevent exaggeration and incestuous breeding have been brought in.
Ryan O'Meara, from the K9 dog magazine, said the changes were long overdue.
"When we breed dogs to a set of physical standards and ignore the health consequences, it's really unforgivable," he told the BBC News website.

incest

[名][U]近親相姦(そうかん)（罪）, 血族相姦.

incestuous

[形]1 近親相姦(そうかん)の.2 近親相姦罪を犯した.3 〈関係などが〉（正常な機能を阻害し合うほど）密接な；〈人々・場所などが〉外から隔絶された.in・ces・tu・ous・ly[副]in...

Bye-Bye, Panda Tai Shan

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Tai Shan ("Peaceful Mountain" in Chinese) stole the hearts of Americans in the 4½ years after his birth on July 9, 2005, at the National Zoo. He was on loan from the Chinese government and will return to China to participate in a breeding program.

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BREEDING
n.

1. One's line of descent; ancestry: a person of noble breeding.
2. Training in the proper forms of social and personal conduct.
3. Production of offspring or young.
4. The propagation of animals or plants.

INBREEDING
n.

1. The breeding of related individuals within an isolated or a closed group of organisms or people.
2. The continued breeding of closely related individuals so as to preserve desirable traits in a stock.

jowl etics
noun [C usually plural]
the loose skin and flesh under the jaw:
a bloodhound with heavy jowls (= loose folds of skin and flesh on the lower parts of its face)

jowly honetics
adjective
She's become increasingly jowly (= the skin and flesh on the lower part of her face has become looser) as she's got older.


pedigree noun
1 [C] a list of the parents and other relatives of an animal:
The breeder showed us the dog's pedigree.
He breeds pedigree poodles/cattle (= ones whose parents and other relatives are all of the same breed).

2 [C or U] a person's family history, education and experience, or the history of an idea or activity:
His voice and manner suggested an aristocratic pedigree.
Isolationism has a long and respectable pedigree in American history.