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1. (v.t.) crossbreed
to produce (a hybrid); hybridize.
2. (v.i.) crossbreed
to undertake or engage in hybridizing; hybridize.
3. (n.) crossbreed
a crossbred.
Etymology: (1665–75)
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| Definition of 'crossbreed' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hybrid, crossbreed, cross
(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
"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
2. (verb) crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crossbreed
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. (noun) crossbreed
anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid
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