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A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
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(archaeology, paleontology) The process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).
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(genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
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The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
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(idiomatic, of a person) Inveterate or habitual; long-standing.
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To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
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To repeatedly breed from animals of the same stock that are closely related.
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(idiomatic, of a habit, personal characteristic, etc.) To establish or ingrain firmly within someone's nature.
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(simile) To breed very rapidly, to have many children
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(informal) To educate; to instruct; to bring up.
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Archaic spelling of breed. [To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.]
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(slang, derogatory) A person who has had or who is capable of having children; a person who is focussed on the rearing of their own children.
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The simultaneous breeding of two or more animals or species
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To breed (plants or animals) selectively to produce new or desired colors.
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(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
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a type or instance of breeding members of similar albeit distinct species. i.e. horse + donkey = mule
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Alternative spelling of cross-fertilization [Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species).]
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(by extension) The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit.
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To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.
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To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.
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To pollinate using cross-pollination
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(figuratively) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.
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A cross between a hybrid species and one of the original parent species.
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The process, or the result of crossbreeding.
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(biology) To coexist on a single limiting resource where one strain or species grows on the primary resource and the second grows on the partially degraded resource excreted by the first.
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Alternative spelling of cross-fostering [the technique of removing eggs from the nest of one species of bird, to be incubated in the nest of another. Usually done to aid the recovery of endangered species.]
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To cause, or to undergo crosshybridization
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A cross between two types, varieties, races, or breeds; a blend; a hybrid.
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(transitive) To mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.
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Alternative form of cross-pollinate [To pollinate using cross-pollination]
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(chiefly biology) An incident or episode in which a particular species or organism dies off, especially in large numbers.
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(plant breeding, animal breeding) To cross twice in hybridization, as (A × B) × (C × D); for example, in commercial hybrid seed corn, A through D are classically inbreds, and their grandoffspring is the seed for sale.
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(plant breeding, animal breeding) The hybrid product of double-crossing.
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(transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
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To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
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(intransitive, with to, of viviparous animals) To become the parent of by birthing.
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A property of some hybrids that are more likely to outperform either purebred parent in surviving.
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(nonstandard) Alternative form of inbreed [To breed or reproduce with those that are related.]
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(transitive) To fertilize.
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One who engages in inbreeding.
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(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.
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(biology) The reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding.
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An organism formed by close inbreeding.
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(by extension) To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).
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One who has been inseminated.
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A person who, or device that inseminates.
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To breed or reproduce within an isolated community.
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(biology, genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another
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(genetics) The interbreeding of two strains that have a common ancestry
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The act of mating with a member of another species or group.
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(biology, genetics) To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.
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The result of introgression
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To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
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(obsolete) To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
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(stockbreeding) Breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.
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A form of inbreeding that may encompass crosses between individuals and their descendants or two cousins, used to increase a particular animal's contribution to the population.
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To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects.
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The inferior offspring that results from misbreeding.
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(countable) cross-breeding or hybridization
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(intransitive) To breed or propagate.
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(physiology, intransitive) To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
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(psychology) That provides nourishment; nurturing.
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(animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
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A plant or other organism that reproduces with a distantly related or unrelated individual.
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The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
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(biology) An outcrossing species
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An organism produced by outcrossing
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(obsolete, intransitive) To bring forth young.
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(transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
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(transitive, said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
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The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
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The practice of breeding the best specimens of a given organism to encourage certain features.
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(botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
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An act of procreation, especially between animals.
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(informal) A device that kills sperm.
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(archaic) The breeding of special stocks or races; eugenics.
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(zoology) A race or strain differing in certain characteristics from the parent breed.
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A hybrid of two hybrids.
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(obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
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Alternative form of testcross [(genetics) The breeding of an individual with a phenotypically recessive individual, in order to determine the zygosity of the former by analysing proportions of offspring phenotypes.]
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(genetics) To breed an individual in this manner.
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To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
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A hybrid produced by crossing a superior or purebred male with an inferior female.
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To cause to become extinct through insufficient fertility.
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(transitive, archaic) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
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Abbreviation of crossbred. [Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.]
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Abbreviation of crossbreed. [An organism produced by mating of individuals of different varieties or breeds.]
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Abbreviation of crossbreeding. [The process, or the result of crossbreeding.]
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