Associations to the word «Inbreeding»

Wiktionary

INBREEDING, noun. (biology) breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related
INBREEDING, verb. Present participle of inbreed
INBREEDING DEPRESSION, noun. (biology) The reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding.

Dictionary definition

INBREEDING, noun. The act of mating closely related individuals.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King