crossbreed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crossbreed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crossbreed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crossbreed n (genetics) 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" Synonym(s): hybrid, crossbreed, 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" Synonym(s): crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crossbreed \Cross"breed`\ (-br[emac]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.