How to say "breed" in Japanese

• 類型るいけいCommon
  nounMatches 'breed' only in the figurative sense of a kind, sort, or class of thing. Its own meanings are type, pattern, and genre, so it suits talk of classifying, not of stock or descent.
  各種かくしゅの性格せいかく類型るいけいが概略がいりゃく図ずの形かたちで図ず１に示しめされている。↗

  The different character typologies are represented schematically in figure one.
• たねJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'breed' in the sense of stock or strain — the line from which offspring come. It also means progeny, offspring, and issue; typical contexts are family lines and the descendants who carry them on.

For 'breed' meaning a kind, type, or class of thing, choose 類型; 「たね」, whose meanings center on progeny, offspring, and issue, serves 'breed' in the sense of stock or strain — the line from which offspring come.

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• 類型るいけいtype
• 湧かすわかすto breed (e.g. maggots)
• 品種ひんしゅbreed
• たねprogeny
• 湧くわくto hatch