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What (who) is cross-breed - definition

HALF-BRED ANIMAL
Cross-breeding; Crossbred; Crossbreeding; Cross breeding; Cross-breed; Cross-bred; Cross breed; Crossbreeds; Designer crossbreed; Designer crossbred; Cross-breeds
  • The [[National Show Horse]] was developed from crossbreeding programs in the 1970s and 1980s that blended [[Arabian horse]] and [[American Saddlebred]] bloodlines
  • A [[Labradoodle]], a crossbreed between a [[Labrador Retriever]] and a [[Poodle]]

cross-breed         
¦ verb produce (an animal or plant) by mating or hybridizing two different species, breeds, or varieties.
¦ noun an animal or plant produced by cross-breeding.
cross-breed         
also crossbreed (cross-breeds, cross-breeding, cross-bred)
1.
If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce, and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant.
By cross-breeding with our native red deer, the skia deer have affected the gene pool...
Unfortunately attempts to crossbreed it with other potatoes have been unsuccessful...
Dr Russel is creating an elite herd by cross-breeding goats from around the globe.
...a cross-bred labrador.
V-RECIP: V with n, V n with n, V pl-n, V-ed, also pl-n V
2.
A cross-breed is an animal that is the result of cross-breeding.
N-COUNT
breed         
  • [[Braunvieh]], a dairy breed<ref>The Cattle Site: [https://www.thecattlesite.com/breeds/dairy/31/brown-swiss/ Breeds Brown Swiss] Retrieved 22 February 2021</ref> with high milk production and little [[milk fat]]
GROUP OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS WITH A DISTINCTIVE PHENOTYPE
Breeds; Bred; Breed (animal); Highbreed; Standardized breed; Formal breed; Formalized breed; Standard breed; Standardised breed; Formalised breed; Standardized breeds; Formal breeds; Animal breed
n.
1) a breed apart
2) a hardy; rare breed

Wikipedia

Crossbreed

A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations. Crossbreeding, sometimes called "designer crossbreeding", is the process of breeding such an organism, While crossbreeding is used to maintain health and viability of organisms, irresponsible crossbreeding can also produce organisms of inferior quality or dilute a purebred gene pool to the point of extinction of a given breed of organism.

A domestic animal of unknown ancestry, where the breed status of only one parent or grandparent is known, may also be called a crossbreed though the term "mixed breed" is technically more accurate. Outcrossing is a type of crossbreeding used within a purebred breed to increase the genetic diversity within the breed, particularly when there is a need to avoid inbreeding.

In animal breeding, crossbreeds are crosses within a single species, while hybrids are crosses between different species. In plant breeding terminology, the term crossbreed is uncommon, and no universal term is used to distinguish hybridization or crossing within a population from those between populations, or even those between species.

Examples of use of cross-breed
1. Then they cross–breed those related plants with the existing commercial varieties to improve the crop.
2. Of particular concern to police and animal charities is the number of cross–breed dogs being stolen.
3. "These are the results of traditional selective breeding – where different strains have been cross breed and cross bred until these strains have been created.
4. First to arrive is usually Zulu – a cross–breed with a white Hereford face, still going strong at 17 years old.
5. It has many relatives in the US with which it can cross–breed or hybridise, potentially passing on the glyphosate–resistance gene to other species.