crossbreed – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
crossbreed
v.
cross two animals or plants from different breeds or species, hybridize
n.
hybrid, product of crossbreeding, animal or plant produced by hybridizing two different species or breeds
Crossbreed
A
crossbreed or
crossbred usually refers to an organism with
purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations.
Crossbreeding, sometimes called
"designer crossbreeding", refers to the process of breeding such an organism, often with the intention to create offspring that share the traits of both parent lineages, or producing an organism with
hybrid vigor. While crossbreeding is used to maintain health and viability of organisms, irresponsible crossbreeding can also produce organisms of inferior quality or dilute a
purebred gene pool to the point of
extinction of a given
breed of organism.
crossbreed
Noun
1. 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; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
(synonym) hybrid, cross
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) crossbred
(derivation) cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
(hypernym) breed
(derivation) hybrid, cross
Crossbreed
(n.)
Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Crossbreed
The offspring of two different breeds of purebred dog.
