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# pedigree

«pedigree» in Mova's school dictionary: **The list of an animal's parents, grandparents and earlier…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pedigree, pedigrees); adjective (a pedigree dog)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The list of an animal's parents, grandparents and earlier ancestors, showing it is of one pure breed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#m1)

2) (adjective) A pedigree animal comes from parents of the same breed, with records. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#m2)

3) A person's family background or ancestry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#m3)

4) The past record of something, showing it is good: «the team's winning pedigree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used about dogs, cats, horses and cattle at shows and on farms. In science lessons on inheritance, a pedigree chart shows how features like eye colour pass through a family. In sport and business it means a record of success.

### examples

- Our dog is a pedigree Labrador. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x1)
- The breeder showed us the puppy's pedigree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x2)
- Pedigree cats can be very expensive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x3)
- The horse had a famous pedigree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x4)
- We drew a pedigree chart of our family's eye colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x5)
- The coach has a strong pedigree in winning cups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x6)
- Mixed-breed dogs are often healthier than some pedigrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x7)
- Be sure of your pedigree before you boast of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/#x8)

### note

Countable. Opposite of pedigree animal: mixed breed, crossbreed or mongrel. Pedigree is also a brand name of dog food (a name). Pronounced «PED-i-gree».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pedigree» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedigree/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.