interbreedv.

/ɪntəˈbriːd/

Etymology: inter- prefix 1a(d).

1. intransitive. Of individuals belonging to different species, breeds, ethnic groups, etc: to breed with each other; to reproduce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > breed > interbreed

interbreed1864

1864 Reader No. 86. 235/3 Capable of fertile interbreeding.

1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism 2 Rooks always produce rooks, and crows produce crows, and they do not inter~breed.

1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 683 Some interbreeding races.

2. intransitive or absol. To cause animals to interbreed; spec. to practise breeding between the members of two stocks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (intransitive)] > cause to interbreed

cross-breed1675

interbreed1859

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iii. 71 The good effects of frequent intercrossing, and the ill effects of close interbreeding..come into play.

1870 A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 47 No doubt the ferocious propensities of the feline race may be overcome by constant interbreeding.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 22 There is much prejudice in many quarters against breeding in-and-in,—that is, inter-breeding too closely between members of the same family.

3. transitive. To produce (offspring) from individuals of different species, breeds, or ethnic groups. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross

mella1387

cross-breed1675

mix1740

cross1754

hybridize1845

mongrelize1859

interbreed1865

outbreed1888

back-cross1904

outcross1918

1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 62 Effects interbred between them and a particular sentiency in the midst of them.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2/1 Miserable inhabitants, inter~bred from Chinese, Portuguese, Malay, Indian, and unknown human jetsam.

Derivatives

interˈbreeding n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1859 [see sense 2]. 1896 [see sense 1].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	interbreed
释义	interbreedv. /ɪntəˈbriːd/ Etymology: inter- prefix 1a(d). 1. intransitive. Of individuals belonging to different species, breeds, ethnic groups, etc: to breed with each other; to reproduce. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > breed > interbreed interbreed1864 1864 Reader No. 86. 235/3 Capable of fertile interbreeding. 1889 A. R. Wallace Darwinism 2 Rooks always produce rooks, and crows produce crows, and they do not inter~breed. 1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 683 Some interbreeding races. 2. intransitive or absol. To cause animals to interbreed; spec. to practise breeding between the members of two stocks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (intransitive)] > cause to interbreed cross-breed1675 interbreed1859 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iii. 71 The good effects of frequent intercrossing, and the ill effects of close interbreeding..come into play. 1870 A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 47 No doubt the ferocious propensities of the feline race may be overcome by constant interbreeding. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 22 There is much prejudice in many quarters against breeding in-and-in,—that is, inter-breeding too closely between members of the same family. 3. transitive. To produce (offspring) from individuals of different species, breeds, or ethnic groups. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross mella1387 cross-breed1675 mix1740 cross1754 hybridize1845 mongrelize1859 interbreed1865 outbreed1888 back-cross1904 outcross1918 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 62 Effects interbred between them and a particular sentiency in the midst of them. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2/1 Miserable inhabitants, inter~bred from Chinese, Portuguese, Malay, Indian, and unknown human jetsam. Derivatives interˈbreeding n. and adj. ΚΠ 1859 [see sense 2]. 1896 [see sense 1]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1859
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