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backcrosses

backcrosses is the plural of backcross.

backcrosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backcross.

Meaning of backcross

Noun

backcross (plural backcrosses)

  1. The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
  2. An organism produced by such a crossing.

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Questions about backcrosses

What is backcrosses the plural of?
Backcrosses is the plural of backcross.

Words near backcrosses in the dictionary

  1. backcourtmen
  2. backcourts
  3. backcrawl
  4. backcross
  5. backcrossed
  6. backcrosses
  7. backcrossing
  8. backcrossings
  9. backdam
  10. backdams
  11. backdash

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backcrosses (page history and authors); backcross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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