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• 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
• v  breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
  Mendel tried crossbreeding

• Opponents of genetic engineering fear that these creatures could crossbreed with wild species, creating glowing schools of Frankenfish.
• The animal is a crossbreed of two entirely different species, a goat and a sheep.
• Why not crossbreed buffalo and domestic cattle? The Dominion Experimental Farm at Wainwright, Alta.

• hybrid
• cross
• hybridize
• hybridise
• interbreed

News & Articles

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• Residents north of Republic are concerned about safety, noise from gunfire
  Neighbors say gunfire continues even after Crossbreed Firearms Academy withdrew its application for a firing range. REPUBLIC, Mo. -- Some Greene County residents are sick of the sound of gunfire and concerned for safety. They've even gotten county officials involved.
  June 12, 2013 - KY3 Springfield
• Tree planting taking place on Palmerton Superfund site
  American chestnut crossbreed, other species taking root near Appalachian Trail. High atop the Blue Mountain along the Kittatinny Ridge above Palmerton, a rocky moonscape exists courtesy of contamination from industrial heavy metals zinc, cadmium and lead.        
  June 11, 2013 - The Morning Call

Quotes

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• Oleg Deripaska in Bloomberg
  I cannot see the synergy,Deripaska said. "It is as if you crossbreed a chicken and a duck. What do you expect it will do? Fly or perhaps swim?"