selective breeding in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for selective breeding in the English»Italian Dictionary

selective breeding [sɪˌlektɪvˈbriːdɪŋ] N

selective breeding

allevamento m selettivo

Translations for selective breeding in the Italian»English Dictionary

allevamento selettivo

selective breeding

Translations for selective breeding in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.breeding [Brit ˈbriːdɪŋ, Am ˈbridɪŋ] N

1. breeding:

breeding AGR, ZOOL (of animals)

allevamento m

breeding (of plant)

(ri)produzione f

2. breeding (good manners):

breeding

educazione f

breeding

buone maniere fpl

a man of breeding

un uomo educato

3. breeding (of nuclear material):

breeding

autofertilizzazione f

II.breeding [Brit ˈbriːdɪŋ, Am ˈbridɪŋ] ADJ ZOOL

breeding

riproduttore

I.breed [Brit briːd, Am brid] N

1. breed ZOOL:

breed

razza f

2. breed (type of person, thing):

breed

tipo m

II.breed <pt/pp bred> [Brit briːd, Am brid] VB trans

1. breed:

breed AGR, ZOOL animals

allevare

breed plants

produrre

2. breed fig disease, feeling, rumours, unrest:

breed

generare

3. breed person:

breed

educare

III.breed <pt/pp bred> [Brit briːd, Am brid] VB intr

breed animals, people:

riprodursi

breed microorganisms:

riprodursi, moltiplicarsi

IV.breed [Brit briːd, Am brid]

he was born and bred in Oxford

è nato e cresciuto a Oxford

he's Oxford born and bred

è oxoniense di nascita e di educazione

selective [Brit sɪˈlɛktɪv, Am səˈlɛktɪv] ADJ

1. selective (positively biased):

selective memory, school

selettivo

selective admission, education

basato su criteri selettivi

selective recruitment

selezione professionale

she should be more selective about the friends she makes, about what she reads

dovrebbe scegliere meglio i suoi amici, che cosa leggere

2. selective (negatively biased):

selective account, perspective

tendenzioso

the media were very selective in their coverage of events

il modo in cui i media hanno trattato gli avvenimenti è stato alquanto tendenzioso

3. selective weedkiller:

selective

selettivo

selective breeding in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for selective breeding in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.breed <bred, bred> [bri:d] VB trans

1. breed animals, plants:

breed

allevare

2. breed disease, violence:

breed

causare

II.breed <bred, bred> [bri:d] VB intr

breed

riprodursi

breed violence

nascere

III.breed [bri:d] N

1. breed:

breed ZOOL

razza f

breed BOT

varietà f

2. breed inf (type of person):

breed

tipo m

a dying breed

una specie in via d'estinzione

breeding N

1. breeding of animals:

breeding

allevamento m

2. breeding fig (upbringing):

breeding

educazione f

selective [sə·ˈlek·tɪv] ADJ

selective

selettivo, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The company has its own selective breeding programmes integrated with quality control and production.

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Until recently, supercows have been developed through selective breeding - either traditional breeding or, since the 1960s, artificial insemination.

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He acquired stock from all known purebred breeders, and used selective breeding to maintain the breed standard.

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Selective breeding can yield any genotype from platinum blonde with straight hair to very dark with curly hair.

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The other mutations are a result of selective breeding in aviculture, such as two cobalts which will make a mauve (black).

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The former was the product of careful and selective breeding programmes; the latter being a total fluke.

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There are a variety of guppy strains produced by breeders through selective breeding, characterized by different colours, patterns, shapes, and sizes of fins, such as snakeskin and grass varieties.

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A stud farm, in animal husbandry, is an establishment for selective breeding using stud animals.

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Inbreeding is a technique used in selective breeding.

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Selective breeding by ingenious farmers gave us the watermelon we know and love, and the same ingenuity has given us the pineberry.

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