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crossbreed
/ ˈɒˌː /
verb
- Alsointerbreed to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
noun
- the offspring produced by such a breeding
crossbreed
Verb
- 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
- An animal or a plant produced by breeding two animals or plants of different species or varieties; a hybrid.
Word History and Origins
Origin of crossbreed1
Example Sentences
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.
In the 1950s, Crufts became an obedience championship show for the first time, and working sheepdogs were entered, becoming the first crossbreeds to compete.
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.
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.
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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