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crossmated

crossmated is the simple past and past participle of crossmate.

Meaning of crossmate

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...
    Synonyms:
    crossbreed

Questions about crossmated

What is crossmated the simple past and past participle of?
Crossmated is the simple past and past participle of crossmate.

Words near crossmated in the dictionary

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

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