three-quarter sister

English

Alternative forms

Noun

three-quarter sister (plural three-quarter sisters)

  1. (horse breeding) The female offspring of a horse's sire/dam that is by/out of a sibling of its other parent.[1]
  2. (horse breeding) The female offspring of a horse's dam and a son of its sire.[2]
  3. (horse breeding) The female offspring of a horse's sire and a daughter of its dam.[2]

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:three-quarter sister.

Hypernyms

References
  1. Carol W. Mulder, "Correct Terminology", Arabians Today, 1986
  2. AHP Style Guide for Equine Publications
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