Crossbreed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
  • verb-intransitive. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  • n. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
  • v. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  • v. To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
  • n. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. See in the Vocabulary.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A class or strain of animals produced by cross-breeding, or of plants resulting from hybridization; a mongrel or hybrid breed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
  • n. (genetics) 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
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    hybrid    cross   
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