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单词 cross-breed
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cross-breedn.

Brit. /ˈkrɒsbriːd/, /ˈkrɔːsbriːd/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌbrid/, /ˈkrɑsˌbrid/
Etymology: Compare cross-bred adj. and cross adj.
A breed of animals (or plants) produced by crossing; a mongrel or hybrid breed; transferred an animal of such a breed. Also figurative.
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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.

Etymology: cross adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈbreed.
To breed across the lines which separate varieties or races; to breed (animals or plants) from individuals of different species or breeds.
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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.
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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).
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