noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   breeding within a narrow range of individuals countable, uncountable
2. 2
   reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) wordnet
3. 3
   breeding between heterogeneous individuals countable, uncountable
4. 4
   (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of interbreed form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

crossbreedinghybridizationcrosscrossinghybridisationhybridization

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