Breed and Heritage

Breed

Breed noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Heritage and breed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heritage" instead a noun "Breed".

Nearby Words: breeding, breeder

Heritage noun - An inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing.

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Breed and heritage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breed" instead a noun "Heritage".

old	old breed	old heritage
special	special breed	special heritage
common	common breed	common heritage
alien	alien breed	alien heritage
Other adjectives: native, real, secret, supernatural, national, mixed, discovered.

Blue Exorcist: Okumura Rin is the half breed bastard Son of Satan who was raised by an exorcist and chooses to be one himself, while struggling with both sides of his heritage and accepting both sides.

Source: Child of Two Worlds
In Inuyasha, the titular character has fuzzy, white dog ears on top of his head (not floppy ears like most dogs, more like the Shibi Inu◊ breed.) This marks his heritage as an inu-hanyou - half human, half dog-demon.

Source: Distinguishing Mark
One Hero, Hold the Weaksauce: Naja is normally subject to a lot of Half-Breed Discrimination, but it turns out his human heritage gives him a Hybrid Power: he isn't afraid of fire in the way that pure Ferals are; so long as he's not transformed into his Beast Form, his instincts are suppressed.

Source: Manga / Sands of Destruction

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