Associations to the word «Crossbreed»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.