Meaning of crossmate | Babel Free

Definitions

To mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.

transitive

Examples

“They proved to be fertile when they were crossmated and backcrossed to both parental species (using the forced-copulation method).”

“If Jondalar and Ayla would stay and become Sharamudoi, we would make an offer to cross-mate with them, but since Markeno and I are Ramudoi, they would have to be Shamudoi.”

“Both Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cows also have a different average length of gestation when purely mated than when crossmated.”

“Indeed, the results available so far from crossbreeding experiments show an overall positive effect of crossmating straightbred cows.”

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