intercross

English

Etymology

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^[1], 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^[2]:
  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

Bulgarian: пресичам се (presičam se)

(biology, genetics) to breed

Bulgarian: кръстосвам (bg) (krǎstosvam)

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^[3], →ISBN, page 20:
  Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony.

Translations

The act or product of intercrossing

Bulgarian: хибрид (hibrid)

Related terms

Spanish

Noun

intercross m (uncountable)

(sports) lacrosse