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crossbreed

/ crossbreed /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
"cross a horse and a donkey"
"Mendel tried crossbreeding"
"these species do not interbreed"
Type of:
breed
Derived:
miscegenation crossbreeding interbreeding hybridization hybridisation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 2
an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
Type of:
organism being
Kinds of:
crossbred dihybrid monohybrid
Derived:
cross hybridize hybridise interbreed
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
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breed organism being crossbred dihybrid monohybrid