Search for crossword answers and clues
Record of horses' pedigrees
Answer for the clue "Record of horses' pedigrees ", 8 letters:
studbook
Alternative clues for the word studbook
Word definitions for studbook in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Studbook \Stud"book`\, n. A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.
Usage examples of studbook.
According to an entry in the studbook, the bitch Thekla died of old age.
The idea of studbooks seems to have developed late and it is only in the latter part of the 19th century that the idea of closed studbooks appear.
The early studbooks consisted of careful notes by the breeders of matings and the results.
Even these early versions of studbooks were striving to breed a type of horse.