outcross

noun

Definition of outcrossnext
as in intercross

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Recent Examples of outcross What if chimeras escape and outcross in the wild? — Amy Webb, Wired, 1 Dec. 2021 If a population is highly inbred, then individuals who are not relations by social custom may still be so genetically similar to a point where the pairing can not credibly be stated as an outcross. — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcross
  1. hybrid
  2. crossbreed
  3. mongrel
  4. cross
Noun
  • What’s interesting is the fact that Merc will also launch this as a hybrid, a few months after the EV’s launch.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Made of high-quality leather, the Ralph Lauren Mesh-Leather Pony Ballerina Trainer is the perfect hybrid that is delicate enough and looks just as good with a midi skirt as a pair of jeans.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of hybrid
Noun
  • By selecting various friends in her wanderings, Sophie’s mom had spawned not just one sort of crossbreed, but several in that same litter.
    — Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Marlo the cockapoo, a crossbreed of a miniature poodle and cocker spaniel, joined Andrew Hall's family just weeks ago.
    — Rachael O'Connor, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of crossbreed
Noun
  • The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
    — ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Herzog has chosen to retain one of Ibsen’s thorniest speeches, a diatribe about social evolution in which Stockmann talks of the difference between mongrel dogs and pedigree breeds as an analogy for the uneducated masses and the elite intelligentsia.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of mongrel
Noun
  • Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Though veterinary professionals struggled to pinpoint his breed mix, the owner's guess has always been a cross between a Labrador and a Patterdale terrier.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of cross

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“Outcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcross. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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