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    intercross
    /ɪntəˈkrɒs/

    verb

    • 1. (with reference to animals or plants of different breeds or varieties) interbreed or cause to interbreed: "all the forms intercross readily and produce fertile offspring"

    noun

    • 1. an instance of intercrossing: "intercrosses between heterozygous mice gave rise to homozygous mutant mice at the expected frequency"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › intercrossIntercross Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. in· ter· cross ˈin-tər-ˌkrȯs. : an instance or a product of crossbreeding. Synonyms. Noun. crossbred. crossbreed. hybrid. mongrel. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of intercross in a Sentence. Noun that pink rose is an intercross of red and white roses. Word History. First Known Use.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishINTERCROSS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    verb, noun. another word for crossbreed. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. intercross in American English. (ˌɪntərˈkrɔs ; ˈɪntərˌkrɔs ; for n. ˈɪntərˌkrɔs ) verb transitive, verb intransitive. 1. Rare. to cross (one another) 2. hybridize. noun. 3. hybrid (sense 1)

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › intercrossINTERCROSS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Intercross definition: to cross one with another; place across each other.. See examples of INTERCROSS used in a sentence.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › intercrossIntercross - definition of intercross by The Free Dictionary

    ˌɪn tərˈkrɔs, -ˈkrɒs; n. ˈɪn tərˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɒs) v.t. 1. to cross in interbreeding. v.i. 2. to interbreed. n. 3. an instance of cross-fertilization. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. intercross. Past participle: intercrossed.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english-word › intercrossINTERCROSS - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    A complete guide to the word "INTERCROSS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › intercrossIntercross Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. Hybrid. Webster's New World. (biology, genetics) The act or product of intercrossing. Wiktionary. Other Word Forms of Intercross. Noun. Singular: intercross. Plural: intercrosses. Origin of Intercross. inter- +‎ cross. From Wiktionary. Intercross Sentence Examples.

  8. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › intercrossINTERCROSS Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for INTERCROSS: hybrid, cross, crossbred, crossbreed, mongrel, outcross, mule, half-bred; Antonyms of INTERCROSS: thoroughbred, full-blood, purebred, pureblood

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › intercrossintercross - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Aug 31, 2023 · intercross (third-person singular simple present intercrosses, present participle intercrossing, simple past and past participle intercrossed) To cross back over one another. ( biology, genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another.

  10. www.wordsense.eu › intercrossintercross: meaning, definition - WordSense

    Noun. intercross (masc.) ( uncountable) ( sports) lacrosse. Examples. Automatically generated practical examples in English: The following commands give us the median width of the 95% confidence interval for QTL location for a backcross or intercross with 250 individuals, assuming dense genotyping.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › intercross_vintercross, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb intercross. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.