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- Dictionaryintercross/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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: 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.
1. to cross one with another; place across each other. 2. to cross (each other), as streets; intersect. 3. to cross in interbreeding. intransitive verb. 4. to cross each other; intersect. 5.
Intercross definition: to cross one with another; place across each other.. See examples of INTERCROSS used in a sentence.
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. Gerund: intercrossing.
intercross in American English. (verb ˌintərˈkrɔs, -ˈkrɑs, noun ˈintərˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɑs) transitive verb. 1. to cross one with another; place across each other. 2. to cross (each other), as streets; intersect. 3. to cross in interbreeding.
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.
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