crossbreed

Speech parts

1. crossbreed - Noun

2. crossbreed - Verb

Meaning

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.

Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cross hybrid interbreed hybridize hybridise ladino half blood mule mestizo procreate crossroad mongrel cur couple generate
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Antonyms

future separate advantage solution pure homogeneous
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Hypernyms

being breed organism

Hyponyms

backcross monohybrid dihybrid

Phrases with the word

crossbreed benefit

Derivatives

crossbred

Examples

a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey Source: Internet

cross a horse and a donkey Source: Internet

Mendel tried crossbreeding Source: Internet

these species do not interbreed Source: Internet

However, linguistic ancestry is less clear-cut than familiar biological ancestry, in which species do not crossbreed. Source: Internet

Even though he continued to crossbreed his crossbreeds, Heinz decided that the project had been successfully completed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crossbreak crossbred crossbred superiority crossbreed benefit crossbreeder crossbreeding