单词 | intercross |
释义 | intercrossn. An instance of cross-breeding or cross-fertilization. ΘΚΠ 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. 1. transitive. a. To cross each other (also intransitive for reflexive). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1859v.1711 |
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