: one engaged in the breeding of a specified organism
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: a nuclear reactor designed to produce more fissionable material than it uses as fuel
called alsobreeder reactor
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And that’s when the fun begins because a big part of an apple breeder’s job is tasting apples.—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 While California became the first state to ban the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from commercial breeders, only one other state (New York) followed suit.—Lisa Bloch, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024 Birdie had been a puppy mill breeder before coming to the shelter.—Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024 The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for breeder
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