单词 | cross-breed |
释义 | cross-breedn. A breed of animals (or plants) produced by crossing; a mongrel or hybrid breed; transferred an animal of such a breed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > hybrid or cross mongrel1558 hybrid1601 centaur1606 mulatto1664 half-strain1673 cross1761 cross-breed1774 first cross1793 double-cross1810 quadroon1811 intercross1859 outcross1882 reciprocal1901 filial generation1902 monohybrid1902 vicinist1905 first filial (or F₁) generation1909 polyhybrid1910 back-cross1919 second filial (or F₂) generation1938 the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > cross-breed mule1772 cross-breed1844 half-bred1848 metis1852 mixed breed1864 1774 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 185 The family of monsieur Louvet..emigrated to England; and made a cross-breed with those who [etc.]. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. v. 310 It seems to me a barren thing—this Conservatism—an unhappy cross-breed, the mule of politics that engenders nothing. 1890 Spectator 13 Dec. Both prizes for the cross-breeds were won by crosses of shorthorn with the Scotch breeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cross-breedv. To breed across the lines which separate varieties or races; to breed (animals or plants) from individuals of different species or breeds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (intransitive)] > cause to interbreed cross-breed1675 interbreed1859 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (transitive)] > rear to develop qualities breed?1523 cross-breed1675 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross mella1387 cross-breed1675 mix1740 cross1754 hybridize1845 mongrelize1859 interbreed1865 outbreed1888 back-cross1904 outcross1918 1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife ii. 25 They are come to think cross breeding for themselves best, as well as for their Dogs, and Horses. 1955 Sci. News Let. 23 July 50 That individual is separated from the rest, then bred and cross-bred to develop a pure-breeding strain. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 242 FAO technicians are cross-breeding the rice strain Japonica..with the native Indica species of Southeast Asia and India. Derivatives ˈcross-ˌbreeding n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism nick1824 crossing1851 hybridization1851 hybridism1854 intercrossing1859 hybridation1879 outcrossing1890 paragenesis1890 outbreeding1901 back-crossing1904 vicinism1905 monohybridism1907 cross-breeding1932 1932 Discovery Mar. 73/2 There was a certain amount of selection and cross breeding [of crops] towards the end of the nineteenth century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1774v.1675 |
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