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crossling

crossling noun: a cross between two types, varieties, races, or breeds; a blend; a hybrid.

Noun

crossling (plural crosslings)

  1. A cross between two types, varieties, races, or breeds; a blend; a hybrid.
    • […] with only one or two exceptions, where the case was not quite clear, belonged to the homo Europaeus type, or were crosslings very near akin to that race. The same thing was proved in France and Spain, also of the more modern great men.1913, Pacific Medical Journal
    • The ideal net work sought was one which contained only monosulfidic crosslings and lacked modification of the rubber chains by cyclic sulfide groups.1967, The Rubber Age

Forms of crossling

pluralcrosslings

Origin of crossling

From cross + -ling.

Questions about crossling

What does crossling mean?
Crossling means a cross between two types, varieties, races, or breeds; a blend; a hybrid.
What part of speech is crossling?
Crossling is a noun.
What is the plural of crossling?
The plural of crossling is crosslings.

Words near crossling in the dictionary

  1. Crosslin
  2. crossline
  3. crosslinear
  4. crosslinearly
  5. crosslines
  6. crossling
  7. crosslings
  8. crosslingual
  9. crosslingually
  10. crosslinguistic
  11. crosslinguistically

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