Transgenic plants or animals contain genetic material that has been added to them from another species.
[technical]
...transgenic sheep that secrete a human protein into their milk.
transgenic in British English
(trænzˈdʒɛnɪk)
adjective
genetics(of an animal or plant)
containing genetic material artificially transferred from another species
transgenic in American English
(trænsˈdʒɛnɪk; trænzˈdʒɛnɪk)
adjective
having genetic material, in all cells, that includes a gene or DNA sequence transferred by means of genetic engineering from a genetically unlike organism