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Definition of Crossbreeds
1. crossbreed [v] - See also: crossbreed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossbreeds
Literary usage of Crossbreeds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Famine in Ethiopia: Policy Implications of Coping Failure at National and by Patrick Webb, Joachim Von Braun, Yisehac Yohannes (1992)
"On the other hand, the crossbreeds held the potential of yielding up to six ...
Between 1983 and 1985, crossbreeds monitored by ILCA yielded an average of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... whites and white crossbreeds, 447000 crossbreeds in which the Indian ...
446000 crossbreeds in which the Negro or Indian blood is plainly predominant. ..."
3. South Australia: Its History, Productions, and Natural Resources by Jefferson Pickman Stow (1883)
"Merino—Other breeds—Crossbreeds—Great fall in prices of mutton between 1838 and
1844—Effect of the diggings—Mutton and beef rise again in value— Demand for ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Specific kinds of crosses are hybrids, between species; crossbreeds, between
plants of the same species; half- hybrid, between a species and a variety of ..."
5. Introduction to Anthropology by Theodor Waitz (1863)
"105, 1815) enumerates all the crossbreeds found in Peru, with their names. ...
The names applied to crossbreeds in Mexico are given by ..."
6. Evolution, racial and habitudinal by John Thomas Gulick (1905)
"4 r 2 We now place under pure-breeds any number, and under crossbreeds 3^ times that
... The cross-breeds in the (n + i)th generation = 7 x the crossbreeds ..."
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