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crossmates

crossmates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 crossmates

What is crossmates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Crossmates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crossmate.

Words near crossmates in the dictionary

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

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