crossbreeding

cross·breed

 (krôs′brēd′, krŏs′-)

v. cross·bred (-brĕd′), cross·breed·ing, cross·breeds

v.tr.

To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.

v.intr.

To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.

n.

An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crossbreeding - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, cross, crossing mating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype testcross, test-cross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
	2.	crossbreeding - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) miscegenation, interbreeding facts of life, procreation, reproduction, breeding - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

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Translations

métissage