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crosser

8.0

An animal or plant used to make new kinds by mating different types

noun
/ˈkrɔsər/

Specialized

: híbrido

In biology class, we learned about a crosser that can produce resilient plant hybrids.

Examples

She is known as a skilled crosser who successfully bred different dog breeds for better temperaments.
Now he's a professional "I" dotter and "T" crosser.

Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
The farmer chose a strong crosser to improve the yield of his corn crops.

Synonyms

breeder

vscrosser

67 3.1

A person who keeps animals as a job so they have babies

is focused specifically on making hybrid offspring rather than general raising

reproducer

vscrosser

1 4.8

A thing that makes new life or copies of things

is specific to combining different varieties to make hybrid offspring

hybridizer

vscrosser

Specialized

1 7.8

A person or tool that breeds plants and animals to make new kinds

is an organism used or a person who carries out those matings

stock breeder

vscrosser

1 3.7

A person who raises farm animals to sell or for food

includes hybrid creation but is not limited to farm animals

hybridist

vscrosser

Specialized

9.0

A person who breeds plants or animals to make new kinds

is an organism used or a person who enables those matings

Antonyms

purebred

Specialized

11 4.6

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

Compounds

double-crosser

Offensive

2 6.8

A person who pretends to be loyal but betrays someone

Surface Forms

crosser singular

crossers plural

Morphology

crosser = cross (semi-transparent) = cross + er

Morphologically regular as 'cross' + '-er', but the breeding sense of 'cross' is specialized and may be unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Crosser is formed from cross and -er, where cross can also mean 'to mix' or 'to join breeds'. So a crosser is an animal, plant, or person used to make a mix between two kinds.