Defenition of the word crossbreed

• Defenition of the word crossbreed

  • breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
  • an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • (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

Synonyms for the word crossbreed

• • amalgam
  • cross
  • fusion
  • hybrid
  • hybridize
  • interbreed
  • mix
  • mixture

Similar words in the crossbreed

• • crossbreed
  • crossbreeding
  • crossbreeds

Hyponyms for the word crossbreed

• • backcross
  • crossbred
  • dihybrid
  • monohybrid

Hypernyms for the word crossbreed

• • being
  • breed
  • life form
  • living thing
  • organism

See other words

• • What is intersect
  • The definition of crossbarring
  • The interpretation of the word crossbeams
  • What is meant by crossbarred
  • The lexical meaning rebound
  • The dictionary meaning of the word go across
  • The grammatical meaning of the word cantankerous
  • Meaning of the word cover-up
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word camouflages
  • The origin of the word crossbreeds
  • Synonym for the word crosschecking
  • Antonyms for the word crosser
  • Homonyms for the word crosschecked
  • Hyponyms for the word crossest
  • Holonyms for the word crosscheck
  • Hypernyms for the word crossings
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word roundabout
  • Translation of the word in other languages crossly