crossbreed
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See also: cross-breed
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cross-breed
- xbreed (abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
crossbreed (third-person singular simple present crossbreeds, present participle crossbreeding, simple past and past participle crossbred)
- (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
- 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished.
- (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
- (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
Translations[edit]
hybridize
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Noun[edit]
crossbreed (plural crossbreeds)
- An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
- 2001, Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger, Dogs, page 69:
- When I ask about these dogs, they are described to me as the local mutts, mongrels, pavement specials, crossbreeds.
Translations[edit]
organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds — see hybrid