Associations to the word «Crossbreed»

CROSSBREED, verb. (transitive) To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.

CROSSBREED, verb. (intransitive) To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.

CROSSBREED, verb. (transitive) To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.

CROSSBREED, noun. An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.

CROSSBREED, 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; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey".

CROSSBREED, verb. 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".