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backcrossings

backcrossings is the plural of backcrossing.

Meaning of backcrossing

Noun

backcrossing (countable and uncountable, plural backcrossings)

  1. The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

Questions about backcrossings

What is backcrossings the plural of?
Backcrossings is the plural of backcrossing.

Words near backcrossings in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backcrossings (page history and authors); backcrossing (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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