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outcrosses

outcrosses is the plural of outcross.

outcrosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outcross.

Meaning of outcross

Noun

outcross (plural outcrosses)

  1. The introduction of unrelated breeding stock to an existing population, especially one which is inbred or homogeneous.
    • Their two sons, Joseph I and Charles VI went still further in their pursuit of an out-cross by both marrying princesses from the Guelph house of Brunswick.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 249
  2. A plant or animal produced by such methods.

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Questions about outcrosses

What is outcrosses the plural of?
Outcrosses is the plural of outcross.

Words near outcrosses in the dictionary

  1. outcrops
  2. outcross
  3. outcrossed
  4. outcrosser
  5. outcrossers
  6. outcrosses
  7. outcrossing
  8. outcrossings
  9. outcrow
  10. outcrowd
  11. outcrowded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outcrosses (page history and authors); outcross (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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