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UK
/kɹˈɒsbɹɛd/
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ADJECTIVE
- bred from parents of different varieties or species
How To Use crossbred In A Sentence
- So they were a motley, crossbred kind of a family, scrambling along more or less together to get through the frantic day. FLIGHT LESSONS
- Twenty-five skeletally mature crossbred merino wethers were used with the approval of our local Animal Care and Ethics Committee.
- He said the goats were crossbred with the local ones which produced mostly twins and could survive harsh conditions.
- Gotye, who in a high vocal register can sound like Peter Gabriel or Sting, recorded this album in his parents' barn near Melbourne, where he crossbred electronic elements with homespun sounds. The Short List
- Hereford crossbred heifers with calf at heel £1,400.
- After finding a Thai strain of the Gyrant plant in the jungle, he bred it twice then crossbred it with a variant from China.
- Our dominant “Christians” are the lineal descendants of originally German Anabaptists crossbred with a strain of militant Calvinism brought over by the good folks of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Inc. and marinated in propaganda about American Exceptionalism. Matthew Yglesias » Boehner Rejects Bipartisanship
- Breeds were predominantly British purebreds or British crossbreds.
- Multiple bear species, including polar bears and grizzlies, have been crossbred in zoos.
- Calf survival rates are better in crossbreds than purebreds.