Definition of interbreed - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
geneticstr. TECH. breed using parents of different varietiestr. TECH.
- Farmers interbreed crops for better yield.
2.
crossbreedingintr. TECH. breed with another of a different race or speciesintr. TECH.
- The biologist helped to interbreed the two plant species.
Origin of interbreed
Latin, inter (between) + breed (to produce)
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biology
group of organisms that can interbreed
Examples of interbreed in a sentence
They plan to interbreed the plants for disease resistance. Farmers often interbreed different cattle breeds. Scientists aim to interbreed these fish to create a hardier species.
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- French:hybrider, s'accoupler, ...
- German:kreuzen, ...
- Italian:incrociare, ...
- Spanish:cruzar, ...
- Portuguese:cruzar, ...
- Chinese:杂交, ...
- Japanese:交配させる, 交配する, ...
- Arabic:هَجَّنَ, زَاوَجَ بَيْن أَنْوَاع مُخْتَلِفَة, ...
- Hebrew:לְהַכְלִיא, לְהַזְדוֹוג, ...
- Russian:скрещиваться, гибридизировать, ...
- Ukrainian:схрещувати, ...
- Hindi:प्रजनन करना, संकरित करना, ...
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