interbreeding
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6.2
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈbriːdɪŋ/
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hibridación
- The lineage that held this part of the coast was connected to the Helwar by generations of interbreeding.
But once they get into that place, the boiling and interbreeding of these memes becomes so much more frequent.
- But once they get into that place, the boiling and interbreeding of these memes becomes so much more frequent.
Examples
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In any case, individual doves do move back and forth between the harbor and Brandon Beach, making interbreeding likely and genetic divergence unlikely.
Academic text (1996) -
Consider Homo sapiens interbreeding with Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal peoples.
Blog text (11) -
Well, today the species is interbreeding globally.
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By contrast, zones between interbreeding bird species, as might be expected, are very wide.
Academic text (2002) -
There is potential for both interbreeding and hybridization between wild and farm salmon.
Academic text (1999) -
Mankind, as we know it, has been around for about a half-million years, mutating, changing, and interbreeding.
Fiction book (1993) -
If large numbers of escapes occur, the chance of genetic damage due to interbreeding between escaped Pacific salmon and wild stocks is high.
Academic text (1999) -
McPhail has discovered six lakes in British Columbia in which both forms of stickleback coexist with very little interbreeding.
Academic text (1990) -
So this observation is consistent with a history where there was interbreeding between Neanderthals and non Africans after non Africans split from Africans.
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The conservationists implemented an interbreeding program to increase the genetic diversity of the endangered species.
Synonyms
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5.9
An offspring of two different breeds or varieties
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7.2
Breeding two different plants or animals to make a hybrid
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9.9
The mixing of people from different races when they marry or have children
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6.1
Breeding two different plants or animals to make offspring with mixed traits
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9.3
Mixing of different human groups that creates people with mixed origins
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4.4
Mixing different kinds of animals or plants to make young with chosen traits
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7.1
People of different races who have children together
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6.3
Crossing different plants or animals to make new kinds
A process of making something new by joining two different species or languages
A process in which different breeds or groups mate to make hybrid young
Breeding animals or plants from different groups to increase gene variety
A mating of animals or plants from different genetic lines, including the young it produces
Mixing different breeds to make animals or plants with mixed traits
How Mixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
interbreeding = interbreed (transparent) = inter + breed + ing
The verb 'interbreed' (inter- + breed) is clear and the noun is a straightforward gerund/nominalization with '-ing'.
Etymology
The word interbreeding comes from the prefix inter- meaning 'between' and the verb breed meaning 'to make young'. So interbreeding means 'breeding between' different groups or kinds, which is why we use it for reproduction that mixes populations or species.