crossbreed

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The study also found differences between the owners of crossbreed and purebred dogs.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And when distant relatives "crossbreed," this can lead to the emergence of viruses with completely new properties.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

It’s a crossbreed of a Carolina Reaper and what Currie mysteriously classifies as a “pepper that a friend of mine sent me from Michigan that was brutally hot.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Four years ago, Greene charged $75,000 for one of her fully trained dogs, a crossbreed of German, Belgian and Dutch shepherds with distinctive black masks and a stern wolfy appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

"Archibald eclipses the Muses themselves; his words flow like the sylvan stream by moonlight, and his melody is a crossbreed of the nightingale and the owl."

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore