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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
- The exotic flowers we crossbred on the farm never lasted as long as the wild ones which grew naturally.
- Angus cattle are naturally polled and this is passed onto future generations even when crossbred.
- When Sulu crossbred a Klingon fireblossom with a Benzite dream-of-darkness, he called it an “Edith Keeler”—and gave it to his captain as a gift. Star Trek
- He's bred miniatures as small as your thumbnail, and crossbred them to give large, ranging plants shape.
- He crossbred visual panache and hedonistic flair, notably in "Sign of the Cross" (1932), with a lesbian dance sequence, a lithe Claudette Colbert bathing in milk, and Charles Laughton playing an extravagantly gay Nero. Review of "Empire of Dreams," Scott Eyman's biography of Cecil B. DeMille
- The puppies are both crossbred males, one is black and white and smooth-coated and the other is nearly all black with some tan colouring.
- Having crossbred his own seed for 35 years, he wondered if he had accidentally created some kind of mutant.
- The crossbred Welsh and Suffolk flock feeds on wild herbs and grasses, clover, yarrow and vetch on land owned by the National Trust and designated of Special Scientific Interest.
- He has crossbred a small, bare-skinned bird with a regular boiler chicken as part of a research project to develop succulent, low fat poultry that is environmentally friendly.
- He just sat there, with an expression crossbred between reverence and desire, whenever some big old gal got up to shake and shimmy. Goodnight, Irene