outcross

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. A plant or animal produced by such methods.
动词 v.
  1. to crossbreed different strains of a plant or animal. transitive

词形变化

outcrosses plural out-cross alternative outcrosses present,singular,third-person outcrossing participle,present outcrossed participle,past outcrossed past out-cross alternative

词汇关系

反义词
incross inbreed

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English cross
English outcross
From out- + cross.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English cross
English outcross
From out- + cross.
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