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breeder

[bree-der] / ˈbri dər /


NOUN
grower
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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

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

More than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches - some as big as the palm of a hand - have been seized by Australian authorities from a commercial breeder in New South Wales.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia's environment department said on Friday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

A month after Melina was put to sleep, my father returned to the breeder and came home with another Great Dane.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

Samoyed puppies from reputable breeders cost between $4,000 and $7,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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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