Crossword clues for studbook
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Studbook
Studbook \Stud"book`\, n. A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
Wiktionary
studbook
n. In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.
WordNet
studbook
n. official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
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.