interbreeding

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Similar word(s): cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridization, hybridizing

Definition categories: act, conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, union

2. reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

Similar word(s): crossbreeding, miscegenation

Definition categories: act, breeding, procreation, reproduction

verb

1. present participle of interbreed