About The Word Crossbreed
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Crossbreed
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What's The Definition Of Crossbreed?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crossbreed: cross | hybrid | hybridise | hybridize | interbreed Related Terms | Find terms related to Crossbreed: 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 See Also | being | breed | crossbred | organism Crossbreed In Webster's Dictionary \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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