crossbreed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
crossbreed
    n 1: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically
         dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced
         by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or
         breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a
         donkey" [syn: {hybrid}, {crossbreed}, {cross}]
    v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races
         and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried
         crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn:
         {crossbreed}, {cross}, {hybridize}, {hybridise},
         {interbreed}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crossbreed \Cross"breed`\ (-br[=e]d`), n.
   1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different
      breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the
      qualities of two parent varieties or stocks.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things;
      a hybrid.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "crossbreed":
      Cape Colored, Eurasian, bastard, beget, breed, breed true, cattalo,
      citrange, copulate, cross, crossbred, engender, father, generate,
      get, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste,
      high yellow, hinny, hybrid, hybridize, inbreed, interbreed,
      intercross, ladino, liger, make love, mestee, mestiza, mestizo,
      metis, metisse, miscegenate, mixblood, mixed-blood, mongrel,
      mongrelize, mother, mulatto, mule, multiply, mustee, octoroon,
      outbreed, plumcot, procreate, proliferate, propagate, quadroon,
      quintroon, reproduce in kind, sambo, sire, tangelo, tigon, zebrass,
      zebrule

    

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