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Interbreeding

🔄 Synonyms of "Interbreeding"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
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.
miscegenationnoun	(chiefly US) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
hybridizationnoun	(biology, including botany) The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
crossbreedingnoun	The process or the result of crossbreeding.
hybridisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization. [The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.]
hybridizingnoun	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
crossingnoun	An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Interbreeding"

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Word	Definition
crossbreedingnoun	The process or the result of crossbreeding.
hybridisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization. [The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.]
hybridizationnoun	(biology, including botany) The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
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.
miscegenationnoun	(chiefly US) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
crossingnoun	An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
hybridizingnoun	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
hybridnoun	Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
matingnoun	(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
passingnoun	Going past.
crossesverb	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.
inbreedingnoun	(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.
linebreedingnoun	A form of inbreeding that may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins, used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.
outbreedingnoun	The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
incrossnoun	An organism formed by close inbreeding.
selective breedingnoun	The practice of breeding the best specimens of a given organism to encourage certain features.
crossbred	Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
homogamynoun	(sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
ring speciesnoun	A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole
hybridismnoun	The state of being hybrid.