noun
definition
Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.
adjective
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Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
verb
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To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
definition
To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
definition
To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
Examples of crossbred in a Sentence
In this case the first sire was a white Pomeranian, the second a crossbred Irish terrier.
In the 1899 show, with 311 entries of cattle, and the age limited to three years, no beast reached the weight of a ton, the heaviest animal being a crossbred(Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn)which,at three years old, turned the scale at 19 cwt.
On the other hand, from the experiments of Mendel and others, we now know that crossbred animals and plants may present all the characters of one of their pure-bred parents, and we also know that the offspring of what are regarded as pure-bred parents sometimes revert to remote, it may be quite different, ancestors.
In both cases, these are for systems with crossbred ewes bred to terminal sire rams i.e. with all lambs intended for slaughter.
Outside of a breeder's carefully controlled environment, the PWD has often been crossbred with Poodles.
Cavachon puppies have become one of the more popular crossbred dogs in the United States over the last few years.