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

In October, the government banned the crossbreed under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 following a rise in fatal attacks.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

Later there were dorgis — a dachshund and corgi crossbreed — owned by the queen.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

All he did was to crossbreed the belligerents and now we have "united nations", Ant-termes-pacificus-Lee which lives up to the spirit of its name.

From The Brain by Alexander Blade

In the 1950s, Crufts became an obedience championship show for the first time, and working sheepdogs were entered, becoming the first crossbreeds to compete.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

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

The RVC said the study highlighted the importance of owners thoroughly exploring the characteristics of any breed - purebred or crossbred - before getting a dog.

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

We have attempted crossbreeding our somewhat squat-legged Eskimo dogs with Kentucky wolf hounds, to combine speed with endurance.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell