CROSSBREEDING

• (noun) reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

  synonyms : interbreeding , miscegenation

• (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

  synonyms : cross , crossing , hybridisation , hybridization , hybridizing , interbreeding

  The cross of the two species was successful. -added by naila_inlas

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