crossbreed
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
Types & categories
- organism hypernym
- dihybrid hyponym
- monohybrid hyponym
Related & opposite
- crossbreed derivation
- hybrid derivation
- genetics domain topic
Sense 2 verb
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
cross a horse and a donkey
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- miscegenation derivation
- crossbreeding derivation
- crossbreed derivation
- hybrid derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crossbreed |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hybrid |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dihybrid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monohybrid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | miscegenation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crossbreeding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crossbreed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hybrid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | breed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backcross |