crossbreed

I am personally drawn to the most anxious among the herd — Cowboy — a crossbreed who holds his head in rigid panic, hair long and straight as a Long Beach girl’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024

After what felt like an eternity, I was told I'd be getting a crossbreed Labrador Retriever bitch called Ursula.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023

Hershtik learned from Sela about the world of snake handling and the two set up snake exhibits together and partnered to crossbreed the reptiles.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2022

The leashes were slipped, and the greyhounds went off like the wind, but the crossbreed remained quietly by the horses.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

Mrs Justice Beverley Lang dismissed most of the legal challenge, saying there was "sufficient evidence of an alarmingly high level of fatal attacks" by XL bullies or XL bullies crossbreeds.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024

Nine out of 10 crossbreeds that we do go nowhere, and we have no expectation when we start.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

American Eskimos, Neapolitans, French bulldogs, a Siberian husky and American Staffordshire terrier, maltipoos, poodle crossbreeds and golden retrievers were some of the dogs that took to the red carpet and won prices.

From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2022

One of those crossbreeds involves being covered in warts.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022

Technically speaking, the great majority of the “yaks” one sees in the Himalaya are actually dzopkyo—male crossbreeds of yaks and cattle—or dzom, female crossbreeds.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

American dairy producers are continuing to expand the number of beef cattle they produce that are crossbred with dairy cows, but cattlemen have been reluctant thus far to grow their herds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

It added that when a cocker spaniel was bred with a poodle, those characteristics - combined with them having smaller crossbred offspring - could result in more problem behaviour.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

This evolutionary process leads to the formation of ecotypes, i.e., locally adapted "plant breeds" that differ slightly in appearance and may no longer be easily crossbred.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

They reminded me of miniature cafeteria ladies who’d been crossbred with dodo birds.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Bees in Southern California, originally from Europe, started crossbreeding with Africanized bees in the 1990s, said Orange County beekeeper Mike Henderson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

However, the initial crossbreeding that created it was done without any intervention from humans.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024

The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two other coffee species.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

Using a variety of techniques, including crossbreeding and gene editing, scientists are altering the genomes of vulnerable animals, hoping to arm them with the traits they need to survive.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

The Merrick hybrid, yielding good crops, offers possibilities both in crossbreeding and in the raising of seedling trees from the nuts of the tree itself.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association