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breeder

[bree-der] / ˈbri dər /


NOUN
grower
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Dozens of critically endangered tortoises were sent by a German commercial breeder to a defunct zoo in Togo, then to Belgium before arriving in India.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

A longtime pet breeder, Matson moved to Newberry Springs about nine years ago to raise ostriches and other exotic animals, selling their chicks and eggs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"French was a first-time breeder, Frank is an elderly gentleman by king penguin standards, and the egg itself was smaller than average," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

This is the talk of “the Samoyed grapevine,” said Deborah DeFonzo, a breeder who runs Atomic Samoyeds in Hampton, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Mendel, as we shall see, was an instinctual gardener—a breeder of plants, a counter of seeds, an isolator of traits; Darwin was a garden digger—a classifier of plants, an organizer of specimens, a taxonomist.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Customers filed lawsuits claiming Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Danish Mink Association, which represents breeders, has been approached for comment.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Most of the dogs are beagles, along with some Malinois and Shepherd mixes, brought on board through adoption or legal breeders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Its striking white and yellow coloration quickly attracted attention in the pet trade, but breeders soon noticed an unfortunate pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

The study that founded modern biology was buried in the pages of an obscure journal of an obscure scientific society, read mostly by plant breeders in a declining Central European town.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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