Breeding and Stock

Breeding

Breeding noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

Usage example: a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community

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Stock and breeding are semantically related. in birth topic. In some cases you can use "Stock" instead a noun "Breeding".

Nearby Words: breed, breeder

Stock noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

Usage example: his family is of mixed northern European stock

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Breeding and stock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breeding" instead a noun "Stock".

human	human breeding	human stock
old	old breeding	old stock
good	good breeding	good stock
low	low breeding	low stock
Other adjectives: typical, current, personal, white, lesser, random, genetic, stronger.

Darwinist Desire: the Bene Gesserit are still breeding to produce stronger genetic stock, but are actively avoiding the breeding of another Kwisatz Haderach.

Source: Literature / Heretics of Dune
The Aboleths took control of what were little more than cavemen and kept them as a slave race for ages, breeding them to produce more stock.

Source: People Farms
Cyborg Helmsman: Odrade has one on her trip to Junction Darwinist Desire: the Bene Gesserit are still breeding to produce stronger genetic stock, but are actively avoiding the breeding of another Kwisatz Haderach.

Source: Literature / Chapterhouse: Dune