"full-blood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: full-bloods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} full-blood (plural full-bloods)
  1. A pure-bred animal.
    Sense id: en-full-blood-en-noun-hWWswlmV
  2. (Australia, now offensive) An Aboriginal person of unmixed ancestry. Tags: Australia, offensive
    Sense id: en-full-blood-en-noun-x~ii8WaM Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

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