Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crossbreed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crossbreed \Cross"breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), n.
1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the
qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things;
a hybrid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crossbreed
n : an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;
especially offspring produced by breeding plants or
animals of different varieties or breeds or species [syn:
{hybrid}]
v : 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" [syn: {cross},
{hybridize}, {interbreed}]
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