interbreeding

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

That the dog and the wolf have a common origin there can be no doubt, and that they will interbreed is equally sure, but diligent inquiry on the part of the writer for a number of years, throughout all interior Alaska, amongst whites and natives, has failed to educe one authentic instance of intentional interbreeding, has failed to discover one man who knows of his own knowledge that any living dog is the offspring of such union. — Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska, Hudson Stuck

hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, hybridizing

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