Definition of interbreed
interbred
play \ˌin-tər-ˈbred\;interbreeding
intransitive verb
: to breed together: such asa : crossbreedb : to breed within a closed population
transitive verb
: to cause to breed together
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Recent Examples of interbreed from the Web
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The two populations don’t interbreed and don’t even communicate with the same dialect, Giles said.
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Yet new science is showing that Neanderthals weren't subhuman so much as other than human, living alongside us for many years in Europe, even interbreeding.
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Both lineages make up the subspecies Felis silvestris lybica, but the DNA shows domestic kitties interbred, and still do, with wildcats in Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Paleogeneticists had already highlighted this with the discovery that all of North America’s mammoths – previously split into three or four different species – actually interbred with each other and may represent a single, highly-variable species.
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Instead, various species lived alongside each other and in some cases interbred.
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Two of these tumbleweeds interbred at some point to form a new species, Salsola ryanii, which is about 5 feet in height and nearly as wide.
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Only a few populations of these small, athletic animals survive—and even most of these have interbred to some degree with other European horses.
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Despite the waxwing findings, bird experts puzzling over the red northern flickers still suspected interbreeding was the cause.
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First Known Use of interbreed
1859
INTERBREED Defined for English Language Learners
interbreed
playDefinition of interbreed for English Language Learners
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: to cause animals of two different species to produce young animals that are a mixture of the two species
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interbreed
playMedical Definition of interbreed
interbred
\-ˈbred\play ;interbreeding
intransitive verb
: to breed together: asa: crossbreedb: to breed within a closed populationtransitive verb
: to cause to breed together
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