crossbreds
Animals of mixed parentage
Crossbreds are animals or plants produced by breeding two different varieties, breeds, or species.
The term appears most often in agriculture and animal husbandry, where crossbreeding combines desirable traits: The crossbreds showed better disease resistance than either parent stock.
Crossbreds is the plural of crossbred, which also functions as an adjective.
Equine hybrid, often sterile
- hinnyMale horse, female donkey
- ligerHybrid of two big cats
- tigonStriped-maned cat cross
- beefaloBison-cattle hybrid
wolfdogs · coydog · cattalo · zonkey · zorse · hybrid · interspecies
Offspring surpassing both parents
- hybrid vigorEnhanced traits from crossbreeding
- robustnessResistance to failure
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
resilience · stamina · thrive · flourish · outperform · vigor · growth rate · disease resistance
Thing of mixed parentage
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heritabilityGenetic share of variation
selection · pedigree · sire · dam · progeny · offspring · lineage · outcrossing
mule
Equine hybrid, often sterile
beefalo · wolfdogs · coydog · cattalo · zonkey · zorse · hybrid · interspecies
heterosis
Offspring surpassing both parents
- hybrid vigorEnhanced traits from crossbreeding
- robustnessResistance to failure
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
vitality · resilience · stamina · thrive · flourish · outperform · vigor · growth rate · disease resistance · adaptability
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
heritability · selection · pedigree · sire · dam · progeny · offspring · lineage · outcrossing · bloodlines
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
poultry · herd · flock · heifers · steers · pasture · grazing · bovine · ovine · caprine
crossbredspurebreds
Animals of documented lineage
pedigrees · thoroughbreds · full-bloods · purebloods · inbreds