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backcross
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1back·cross

transitive verb \ˈbak-ˌkrȯs\

Definition of BACKCROSS

: to cross (a first-generation hybrid) with one of the parental types

First Known Use of BACKCROSS

1904

Rhymes with BACKCROSS

across, brown sauce, bugloss, club moss, crisscross, duck sauce, emboss, Greek cross, hard sauce, Kinross, kouros, lacrosse, oakmoss, outcross, pathos, peat moss, pit boss, Red Cross, ringtoss, straw boss, tau cross, topcross, uncross, white sauce

2backcross

noun

Definition of BACKCROSS

: a mating that involves backcrossing; also : an individual produced by backcrossing

First Known Use of BACKCROSS

1918

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