Meanings
alternative cross-bred · alternative xbred
- not comparableProduced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
Synonyms: mixed-blood · Antonyms: straightbred
plural crossbreds · alternative cross-bred · alternative xbred
- Any organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.
Antonyms: straightbred
alternative cross-bred · alternative xbred
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of crossbreed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProduced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
nounAny organism produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties, or species.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebred from parents of different varieties or species
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French croisé
- croiséProduced from two breeds, varieties or species
Spanish mestizo, cruzado
- mestizoProduced from two breeds, varieties or species
- cruzadoProduced from two breeds, varieties or species
- entrecruzadoProduced from two breeds, varieties or species
Cite this entry
crossbred. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbred
“crossbred.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbred. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossbred,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossbred.
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