Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Crossbred \Cross"bred`\ (-br?d`), a. (Stock Breeding)
Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
Source : WordNet®
crossbred
See {crossbreed}
crossbred
adj 1: bred from a mixture of breeds or strains [ant: {purebred}]
2: bred of parents of different races or strains [syn: {interbred}]
n : a hybrid (especially an animal produced by a cross between
two pure breeds)
crossbreed
n : an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar
parents or stock; especially offspring produced by
breeding plants or animals of different varieties or
breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and
a donkey" [syn: {hybrid}, {cross}]
v : breed animals or plants using parents of different races and
varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried
crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn: {cross},
{hybridize}, {hybridise}, {interbreed}]
[also: {crossbred}]