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单词 intercross
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intercrossn.

/ˈɪntəkrɒs//ˈɪntəkrɔːs/
Etymology: inter- prefix 1b(a).
An instance of cross-breeding or cross-fertilization.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > hybrid or cross
mongrel1558
hybrid1601
centaur1606
mulatto1664
half-strain1673
cross1761
cross-breed1774
first cross1793
double-cross1810
quadroon1811
intercross1859
outcross1882
reciprocal1901
filial generation1902
monohybrid1902
vicinist1905
first filial (or F₁) generation1909
polyhybrid1910
back-cross1919
second filial (or F₂) generation1938
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 101 Both in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, an occasional intercross with a distinct individual is a law of nature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

intercrossv.

/ɪntəˈkrɒs//ɪntəˈkrɔːs/
Etymology: inter- prefix 1a(d).
1. transitive.
a. To cross each other (also intransitive for reflexive).
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (intransitive)] > cross each other
traverse1669
cross1695
intercross1711
criss-cross1883
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. ii. 184 Various Shapes and Colours agreeably mixt, and rang'd in Lines, intercrossing without confusion.
1819 C. Lamb in Examiner 14 Feb. 108/2 This is the day on which those charming little missives, ycleped Valentines, cross and intercross each other at every street and turning.
1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes iv. 37 Golden and red..fires crossed and intercrossed each other.
b. To lay or place across each other.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] > place across another or each other
cross1490
thwarta1529
intercross1817
1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are ye that Sow Introd. p. xxiv A vast idol, framed of iron bars intercrossed, which formed..an immense cage.
2. intransitive. Of plants or animals of different stocks or species: To breed or propagate with each other. Also transitive in passive.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] > cross
mix1740
cross18..
intercross1859
hybridize1865
outcross1949
outbreed1962
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 101 If..all hermaphrodites do occasionally intercross with other individuals [etc.].
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. i. 30 Ants..are thus enabled to intercross with members of distant colonies.
1878 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 162 The..offspring must inter~cross one with another.
1880 C. Darwin in Nature 1 Jan. 207/1 The almost universal sterility of species when intercrossed.

Derivatives

interˈcrossing n. and adj.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > crossing or crossed over each other
acrossed1550
cross1602
incrossed1606
criss-cross1614
diallel1658
crossed1834
intercrossing1859
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism
nick1824
crossing1851
hybridization1851
hybridism1854
intercrossing1859
hybridation1879
outcrossing1890
paragenesis1890
outbreeding1901
back-crossing1904
vicinism1905
monohybridism1907
cross-breeding1932
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 96 (heading) On the Intercrossing of Individuals.
1876 Times 4 Oct. Inter-crossing and over~lapping lines of light.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 395 In others the muscular layer is..composed of inter~crossing bands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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