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The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.

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  1. n. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
  2. n. the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
  3. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F. Galton.
  4. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F.Galton.
  5. n:100 n. the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)