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crossbreed

[ kraws-breed, kros- ]

verb (used with object)

crossbred, crossbreeding.
  1. to produce (a hybrid); hybridize.


verb (used without object)

crossbred, crossbreeding.
  1. to undertake or engage in hybridizing; hybridize.

noun

  1. an animal or group of animals produced by hybridization; hybrid.

crossbreed

/ ˈɒˌː /

verb

  1. Alsointerbreed to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the offspring produced by such a breeding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crossbreed

Verb

  1. To produce a hybrid animal or plant by breeding two animals or two plants of different species or varieties. For example, crossbreeding a male donkey with a female horse will produce a mule.

Noun

  1. An animal or a plant produced by breeding two animals or plants of different species or varieties; a hybrid.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crossbreed1

First recorded in 1665–75; cross- + breed
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I am personally drawn to the most anxious among the herd — Cowboy — a crossbreed who holds his head in rigid panic, hair long and straight as a Long Beach girl’s.

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In the 1950s, Crufts became an obedience championship show for the first time, and working sheepdogs were entered, becoming the first crossbreeds to compete.

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This is a weaker attempt to crossbreed the classic Universal monsters with contemporary anxieties: a post-pandemic lockdown lament about the impossibility of protecting children from fear.

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Mrs Justice Beverley Lang dismissed most of the legal challenge, saying there was "sufficient evidence of an alarmingly high level of fatal attacks" by XL bullies or XL bullies crossbreeds.

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Bees in Southern California, originally from Europe, started crossbreeding with Africanized bees in the 1990s, said Orange County beekeeper Mike Henderson.

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