as in hybrid
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera
a Siamese crossbreed who was atypically black, but had the build and voice of a Siamese
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Recent Examples of crossbreed
Dani was a 30-year-old Clydesdale/Hackney crossbreed who'd been at Maymont since 2004.
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Golden doodles, a crossbreed between golden retrievers and poodles, are known for their affectionate and sociable nature.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
One of the pups featured in the video is five-year-old Tegan, a crossbreed who arrived at the shelter in July 2022, while pregnant with eight puppies.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
This number, however, does not include mixed-breed dogs or designer crossbreeds, such as the Goldendoodle (a golden retriever-poodle mix) or Cockapoo (a cocker spaniel-poodle mix).
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
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Karri Peifer, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Golden doodles, a crossbreed between golden retrievers and poodles, are known for their affectionate and sociable nature.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
One of the pups featured in the video is five-year-old Tegan, a crossbreed who arrived at the shelter in July 2022, while pregnant with eight puppies.
—Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
This number, however, does not include mixed-breed dogs or designer crossbreeds, such as the Goldendoodle (a golden retriever-poodle mix) or Cockapoo (a cocker spaniel-poodle mix).
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossbreed
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The same grass/plastic hybrid, but this time grown at a turf farm 200 miles north of London and then rolled into 720 pieces of pitch, loaded onto lorries and driven south.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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In New York, there are 172,000 electric vehicles and 114,000 hybrids on the road, according to data from Atlas Public Policy.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Crossbreed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossbreed. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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