- present participle of interbreed.
interbreeding
Example Sentences
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The discovery reinforces a growing view of human evolution as a long history of encounters and interbreeding among many related hominin populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Because the two species were capable of producing offspring together, their interactions were likely complex, involving competition, occasional interbreeding and other subtle population dynamics."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026
But over hundreds of millennia, human migrations resulted in interbreeding, researchers say.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Scotland's nature agency NatureScot refers to these animals as feral pigs, and said they include hybrids - a mix of boar and domestic pigs following interbreeding.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
The Galápagos-in-a-carton experiment had demonstrated how a population of interbreeding organisms—flies, say—evolves over time.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
