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🐕 Mixed-breed 🐄 A mixed animal
crossbred

crossbred

4.8
An animal or plant bred from parents of different breeds, sometimes from different species
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɔsˌbrɛd/
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  • The new crossbred rose has vibrant colors and a hardier structure than its traditional counterparts.

Examples

  • After years of research, scientists developed a crossbred dog that combines the best traits of both parent breeds.

  • The farmer decided to create a crossbred variety of corn to enhance its sweetness and yield.

  • Those things have been crossbred through, you know, decades to make them basically huge sacks of sugar.

Synonyms

hybrid
vscrossbred
31 3.7

Made by crossing two different kinds of animal or plant

is about parents coming from different varieties or species
intercrossed
vscrossbred
  • Specialized
8.1

Made by breeding two different types of the same animal or plant

emphasizes parental origin across varieties or species rather than individual pairings
mongrelized
vscrossbred
  • Informal
9.2

An animal or plant born from parents of different breeds

focuses on specific parents from different varieties or species

Antonyms

purebred
  • Specialized
11 4.6

Has parents and grandparents from the same family line without mixing with other animals

How Mixed

hybrid
31 3.7
crossbred
4.8
purebred
  • Specialized
11 4.6

Surface Forms

crossbred positive

Morphology

crossbred = breed (transparent) = cross + bred

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'cross' and 'breed', indicating breeding across different varieties.

Etymology

The word crossbred comes from two simple words: cross ('mixed') and breed ('to produce young animals or plants'). So crossbred describes animals or plants that are the result of mixing different breeds or varieties.