noun
(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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a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cross (for: ↑cross), ↑hybrid (for: ↑hybrid), ↑hybridize (for: ↑hybrid)
• Topics: ↑genetics, ↑genetic science
• Hyponyms: ↑dihybrid, ↑monohybrid
verb
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
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cross a horse and a donkey
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Mendel tried crossbreeding
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these species do not interbreed
• Syn: ↑cross, ↑hybridize, ↑hybridise, ↑interbreed
• Derivationally related forms:
↑interbreeding (for: ↑interbreed), ↑hybridisation (for: ↑hybridise), ↑hybridization (for: ↑hybridize), ↑hybridizing (for: ↑hybridize), ↑hybrid (for: ↑hybridize), ↑cross (for: ↑cross), ↑crossing (for: ↑cross)
• Hypernyms: ↑breed
• Hyponyms: ↑backcross
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.