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Interbreed Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix inter-

Interbreed has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

To breed or reproduce within an isolated community.

Example Sentences
"cross a horse and a donkey" verb
"Mendel tried crossbreeding" verb
"these species do not interbreed" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
breed
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
backcross

Origin

The word comes from combining the prefix inter- with breed. It originally meant to mate or reproduce with one another.

Rhyming Words
eed feed meed seed heed weed teed need deed keed peed leed beed reed steed speed freed ogeed greed treed
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