crossmate

present singular third person crossmates · participle present crossmating · participle past crossmated · past crossmated · alternative cross-mate

1. transitiveTo mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.

   Both Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cows also have a different average length of gestation when purely mated than when crossmated.

   2004, Mujibul Hasan Siddiqui, Early Childhood Education, page 14

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   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 Behavior: Progress and Prospects, page 64

   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

   Indeed, the results available so far from crossbreeding experiments show an overall positive effect of crossmating straightbred cows.

   2012, H.-J. Langholz, R. F. Diehl, W. Pabst, “Reproductive Success in Crossbreeding: Results from a Current Experiment in the Federal Republic of Germany”, in B. Hoffmann, I. L. Mason, J. Schmidt, editors, Calving Problems and Early Viability of the Calf, Seminar Proceedings, page 107

   Synonyms: crossbreed