Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A book registering the pedigrees of thoroughbred animals, especially horses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The genealogical register of a stud, especially of horses; a book giving the pedigree of noted or thoroughbred animals, especially horses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In
livestock breeding , a written record of thegenealogy of animals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
Etymologies
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Examples
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I just noticed that the book many law professors call the "studbook" -- the book we get each year that lists and gives a brief bio of every American law professor -- is called the "Directory of Law Teachers," and therefore really ought to be called "the DOLT."
IsThatLegal? 2003
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I got offered blank checks for her by QH breeders studbook was still open; she had no papers.
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Test with NAVHDA, do obedience work w/ UKC you might have to do some footwork to gin up a registry and sit down with someone who manages a big cat studbook to figure out the genetics.
Test, then code 2008
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Test with NAVHDA, do obedience work w/ UKC you might have to do some footwork to gin up a registry and sit down with someone who manages a big cat studbook to figure out the genetics.
1-31-07 2008
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It has been suggested that a studbook be initiated for this species.
11 The Bearded Pig 1983
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The Berlin Zoo was assigned by the IUCN in cooperation with the lUDZG to keep the guar studbook records.
Chapter 9 1983
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It had been naïve to imagine that all it took to be a bloodstock agent was a thorough knowledge of horses, an intimate relationship with the studbook, hundreds of acquaintances in the racing industry, and a reasonable head for business.
Knockdown Francis, Dick 1974
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International studbook keepers were historically zoo administrators with doctorates, working at bigger, more celebrated institutions -- not rubber-booted zookeepers tasked with feeding and cleaning up after animals.
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Assigning the job is serious work; many studbook keepers hold onto their unpaid posts for decades.
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She manages a studbook of 950 orangutans living at more than 200 institutions in 56 countries.
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