crossbreednoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɒs.briːd/us/ˈkrɑːs.briːd/an animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds and is therefore a new variety (= type of plant or animal)
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Breeds & breeding
- beget
- breed
- breeder
- breeding
- breeding ground
- brood mare
- cross
- fancier
- father
- hybrid
- inbred
- inbreeding
- interbreed
- pedigree
- pedigreed
- purebred
- selective breeding
- sire
- stud
- thoroughbred
crossbred
adjective uk/ˈkrɒs.bred/us/ˈkrɑːs.bred/
crossbreed
verb [ I or T ] ukuscrossbred, crossbred