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stockbreeding

[stok-bree-ding]

noun

the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.

Origin:
1935–40; stock + breeding

Related forms

stock·breed·er, noun

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stockbreeder (ˈstɒkˌbriːdə)

—n
	a person who breeds or rears livestock as an occupation

'stockbreeding

—n

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