单词 | outbred |
释义 | outbred (extremely rare) adj WORD FAMILY outbred USAGE EXAMPLESDrought and poor soil tended to kill the inbred plants quickly, for example, whereas the outbred plants were hardier. Science Magazine(Jul 11, 2012) “Bulldogs could be as outbred as mongrel dogs in the streets of Calcutta, but if they keep that phenotype, they are not going very far.” New York Times(Nov 23, 2011) When allowed to mate with just one male, inbred females have 50% fewer surviving offspring than outbred counterparts that mated with nonkin. Science Magazine(Sep 22, 2011) adj bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes Syn|Ant exogamic, exogamous pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe crossbredbred from parents of different varieties or species inbred produced by inbreeding interbredbred of closely related parents |
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