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English
Etymology
From inter- + cross.
Verb
intercross (third-person singular simple present intercrosses, present participle intercrossing, simple past and past participle intercrossed)
- To cross back over one another
1895, Jules Verne, Captain Antifer, page 134:From this trunk, like a tower, rose an enormous tenfold ramification, the branches of which crossed and intercrossed, and forked and developed, […]
- (biology, genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another
1916, Alfred Russel Wallace, Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1:A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase.
Translations
To cross back over one another
(biology, genetics) to breed
Noun
intercross (plural intercrosses)
- (biology, genetics) The act or product of intercrossing
2000, Xavier Montagutelli, “Determining the Genetic Basis of a New Trait”, in Sundberg & Boggess, editors, Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations, →ISBN, page 20:Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony.
Translations
The act or product of intercrossing
Spanish
Noun
intercross m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse