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interbreed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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in·ter·breed /ˌɪntəˈbriːd $ -ər-/ verb (past tense and past participle interbred /-ˈbred/) [intransitive + with, transitive]  HBAto produce young animals from parents of different breeds or groups 使)杂交繁殖 crossbreed, inbreeding
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interbreedDid they trade, make war, interbreed?Fish of different shape are already reluctant to interbreed.There, he said, many animals interbred and created monsters.Although they can be prevailed upon to interbreed in captivity, they never do so in the wild.Of the few species that do have the opportunity to interbreed, none do so frequently.Theoretically, as we have seen, a species is a form which can not interbreed successfully with any other.Gray moths still could interbreed with black moths, proving that they belonged to the same species.Varieties and eventually species would be formed despite any tendency for interbreeding with the main body of the population in the centre.
in·ter·breed verbChineseSyllable
groups animals young produce to parents from breeds different Corpus of or


interbreed
interbreed /ˌɪntəˈbriːd $ -ər-/ verb (past tense and past participle interbred /-ˈbred/) [intransitive + with, transitive]
to produce young animals from parents of different breeds or groups ⇨ crossbreed, inbreeding


inter·breedBrE /ˌɪntəˈbriːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbriːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they interbreed BrE /ˌɪntəˈbriːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbriːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it interbreeds BrE /ˌɪntəˈbriːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbriːdz/ 🔊past simple interbred BrE /ˌɪntəˈbred/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbred/ 🔊past participle interbred BrE /ˌɪntəˈbred/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbred/ 🔊 -ing form interbreeding BrE /ˌɪntəˈbriːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɪntərˈbriːdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) (with sth) if animals from different species interbreed, or sb interbreeds them, they produce young together (使)杂交繁殖