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English to English noun
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(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 |  | Example: a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | | Example: cross a horse and a donkey
Mendel tried crossbreeding
these species do not interbreed
source: wordnet30
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