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US
/ˈhaɪbɹəˌdaɪz/
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VERB
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breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Mendel tried crossbreeding
these species do not interbreed
cross a horse and a donkey
How To Use hybridize In A Sentence
- Many of this species in captivity have been hybridised with the Satyr tragopan, since the females look so similar.
- They were also hybridized, with brassière tops being added to corsets to form the corselette, or attached to petticoats, and so forth.
- The challenge of a book which begins to hybridize these two sometimes contentious communities is impressive. Christianity Today
- They all are fans of the hybridized glads, confused by the pretty pictures shown in catalogs and on bag tags of masses of gaudy colorful clown like flowers. Monday Report « Fairegarden
- -- The Australian scincids Egernia and Tiliqua, which have been separated for over 20 million years (as demonstrated by fossils) can still hybridise. The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas
- There are literally thousands of cultivated varieties of Dahlias which have been hybridized throughout the years.
- The GeneChip Drosophila genome array was hybridized with the test or control probes in parallel experiments.
- Unfortunately, this species sometimes hybridizes with its distasteful European cousin (especially near urban areas), polluting its pure flavor.
- Wild boar readily hybridises with the domestic pig.
- Other species also may refrain from calling, especially if they live in noisy environments, are likely to attract predators, or lack sympatric congeners with which they might hybridize.