CROSSBREED

Crossbreed

A crossbreed or crossbred usually refers to an animal with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations. Crossbreeding, sometimes called "designer crossbreeding", refers to the process of breeding such an animal, often with the intention to create offspring that share the traits of both parent lineages, or producing an animal with hybrid vigor. While crossbreeding is used to maintain health and viability of animals, irresponsible crossbreeding can also produce animals of inferior quality or dilute a purebred gene pool to the point of extinction of a given breed of animal.

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crossbreed

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
  2. To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  3. To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.


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