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half-blood
(redirected from Blood purity)

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half blood also half-blood (hfbld, häf-)
n.
1.
a. The relationship existing between persons having only one parent in common.
b. A person existing in such a relationship.
2. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.
3. A half-blooded domestic animal.

half-blood
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics)
a.  the relationship between individuals having only one parent in common
b.  an individual having such a relationship
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a less common name for a half-breed
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a half-blooded domestic animal


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The hair on the neck is also cut to show the length and beauty of the neck, said Al-Hajri, adding that all these points are essential for evaluating the beauty and blood purity of the goat.
Finally, rather than substituting incest for monogenism, Hopkins demonstrates that, ultimately, one cannot maintain "pure races" protected against miscegenation without an incestuous doctrine of blood purity, and yet one cannot celebrate the unity of a single human family without embracing familial or even sibling affinity.
The attractive little ruddy ducks have, therefore, been sentenced to death in the name of blood purity.
 
 
 
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