What is a breed in a broad sense? This word has several meanings, absolutely seemingly not similar. This is a collection of certain objects that stand out among themselves similar in a number of properties. In one sphere or another, the meaning of a word can change somewhat. A close synonym for the word “breed” is a category, and in some cases the words “type”, “variety”, and “tribe” are also relevant.
Breeding in livestock
In relation to domestic animals, a breed is a fairly large group of one species, which differs in a certain set of qualities, both morphological and genetic. It is worth noting that each such intraspecific community was created by man through repeated selection and rigorous selection.
Individuals born from different breeds in animal husbandry are called crossbreeds, or hybrids. To maintain the gene pool during breeding, several animal lines are created so as not to resort to interbreeding without extreme need.
The largest variety of thoroughbred animals can be observed in dogs, cats, horses, chickens, pigeons. Sometimes the external data within the same species are so different that it remains amazing to be given how far the artificial breeding has gone. Compare at least the Russian hound and the French bulldog.
What is a breed for a dog breeder? This is, first of all, the external data of the pet: height at the withers, staging of the ears, head shape, limb length, eye color. By these and many other criteria, it is estimated how close the animal is to the standard adopted by the cynological federation.
Rock
What does the word "breed" mean for a geologist? The first thing that comes to mind to a person in this profession is the layer that forms the earth's crust. Each rock is formed by one or more types of minerals that have a solid or loose structure. For the first time this term was used by the Russian scientist Vasily Mikhailovich Severgin in 1798.
What is the breed for the miner and the entire mining industry? This is a fossil that contains a valuable metal or mineral.
What is a breed of people
In relation to a person, this word has several semantic meanings. It is used in the description of build, growth, physique, for example: "He was a tall, broad-shouldered man, who belonged to a large breed."
In some areas (especially in the outback), sometimes a breed refers to belonging to a surname or clan: "I know all your breed." This value is gradually becoming obsolete, in contrast to the interpretation described below.
A breed is also called a collection of people who have similar traits of character or belong to a certain type of activity associated with dedication and dedication to their work. This can be said of firefighters, rescuers or the military.
In the literature often use just such a meaning of the word "breed". We list several quotes from world famous authors.
- “There is a special breed of people who specifically engage in learning every phenomenon of life” (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov).
- “There is such a breed of people: for whatever they undertake, nothing happens right away” (Haruki Murakami).
- “I see, child, according to your noble breed” (Homer).