Crossbred

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crossbred \Cross"bred`\ (-br?d`), a. (Stock Breeding)
     Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crossbred
       See {crossbreed}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crossbred
       adj 1: bred from a mixture of breeds or strains [ant: {purebred}]
       2: bred of parents of different races or strains [syn: {interbred}]
       n : a hybrid (especially an animal produced by a cross between
           two pure breeds)

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crossbreed
       n : 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" [syn: {hybrid}, {cross}]
       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}, {hybridise}, {interbreed}]
       [also: {crossbred}]