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crossmate

crossmate verb: to mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.

Verb

crossmate (third-person singular simple present crossmates, present participle crossmating, simple past and past participle crossmated)

  1. (transitive) To mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.
    • They proved to be fertile when they were crossmated and backcrossed to both parental species (using the forced-copulation method).1986, Gail E. Stratton, George W. Uetz, “The Inheritance of Courtship Behavior in Schizocosa Wolf Spiders (Araneae; Lycosidae)”, in Milton Davis Huettel, editor, Evolutionary Genetics of Invertebrate...
    • If Jondalar and Ayla would stay and become Sharamudoi, we would make an offer to cross-mate with them, but since Markeno and I are Ramudoi, they would have to be Shamudoi.1990, Jean M. Auel, The Plains of Passage, published 2010, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    crossbreed

Synonyms of crossmate

Forms of crossmate

third-person singular presentcrossmates
present participlecrossmating
past participlecrossmated
pastcrossmated
alternative formcross-mate

Questions about crossmate

What does crossmate mean?
Crossmate means to mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.
What part of speech is crossmate?
Crossmate is a verb.
What is the past tense of crossmate?
The past tense of crossmate is crossmated.

Words near crossmate in the dictionary

  1. crossmappings
  2. crossmatch
  3. crossmatched
  4. crossmatches
  5. crossmatching
  6. crossmate
  7. crossmated
  8. crossmates
  9. crossmating
  10. crossmember
  11. crossmembers

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