Meaning of CROSSBREED
| Pronunciation: | | 'kros`bred
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- [n] an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- [v] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | cross, hybrid, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
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| | See Also: | | being, breed, crossbred, organism | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cross"breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the
qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things;
a hybrid.
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| | Related Terms: | | bastard, beget, breed, breed true, Cape Colored, cattalo, citrange, copulate, cross, crossbred, engender, Eurasian, father, generate, get, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid, hybridize, inbreed, interbreed, intercross, ladino, liger, make love, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, miscegenate, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel, mongrelize, mother, mulatto, mule, multiply, mustee, octoroon, outbreed, plumcot, procreate, proliferate, propagate, quadroon, quintroon, reproduce in kind, sambo, sire, tangelo, tigon, zebrass, zebrule |
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