Mongrel vs Crossbreed - What's the difference?
mongrel | crossbreed |
Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially , a dog that is such.
(slang, Australia) A thuggish or obnoxious person.
To produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety, varieties, or species; hybridize.
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 15, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Where Has All the Flora Gone?, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished. }}
To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.
An organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety, varieties or breeds.
As nouns the difference between mongrel and crossbreed
is that mongrel is someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially , a dog that is such while crossbreed is an organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety|varieties or breeds.As a verb crossbreed is
to produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety|varieties, or species; hybridize.mongrel
English
Noun
(en noun)- That dog is a mongrel , who knows what breed it could be!
Synonyms
* (someone of mixed kind) bitsa, bitser or bitzer (qualifier), cur, muttHyponyms
* moggy (of a cat)References
crossbreed
English
Alternative forms
* cross-breedVerb
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