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Crossbreed

🔄 Synonyms of "Crossbreed"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
hybridnoun	Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
interbreedverb	(ambitransitive) To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.
hybridizeverb	(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Crossbreed"

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Word	Definition
hybridnoun	Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
interbreedverb	(ambitransitive) To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.
hybridizeverb	(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
cross-breednoun	Alternative form of crossbreed. [An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.]
xbreednoun	Abbreviation of crossbreed. [An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.]
crossnoun	A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
outcrossnoun	The introduction of unrelated breeding stock to an existing population, especially one which is inbred or homogeneous.
crosshybridizeverb	To cause or to undergo crosshybridization.
backcrossnoun	(genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
subcrossnoun	A crosspiece that is below something.
intercrossnoun	(biology, genetics) The act or product of intercrossing
testcrossnoun	(genetics) The breeding of an individual with a phenotypically recessive individual, in order to determine the zygosity of the former by analysing proportions of offspring phenotypes.
mongrelizenoun	(derogatory, offensive, of a person) To become ethnically mixed.
breed in and inverb	To repeatedly breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related.
cohybridizeverb	To hybridize together with another
crossbacknoun	Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X".
double-crossverb	To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.
cross-fertilizeverb	To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.
rebreedverb	(ambitransitive) To breed again.
autohybridizeverb	To cause, or to undergo autohybridization