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crossbreed
 
Noun crossbreed has 1 sense
  1. hybrid, crossbreed, cross - 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"
    --1 is a kind of organism, being
    --1 has particulars: crossbred; dihybrid; monohybrid
    Derived form: verb crossbreed1
Verb crossbreed has 1 sense
  1. crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed - 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"
    --1 is one way to breed
    Derived form: noun crossbreed1
    Sample sentence:
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