Definition of "crossbred" []

Produced by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species. (adjective)

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Use "crossbred" in a sentence

"He just sat there, with an expression crossbred between reverence and desire, whenever some big old gal got up to shake and shimmy."
"Our dominant “Christians” are the lineal descendants of originally German Anabaptists crossbred with a strain of militant Calvinism brought over by the good folks of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Inc. and marinated in propaganda about American Exceptionalism."
"“Our dominant “Christians” are the lineal descendants of originally German Anabaptists crossbred with a strain of militant Calvinism brought over by the good folks of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Inc. and marinated in propaganda about American Exceptionalism.”"

Words like "crossbred"

bigeneric bottle-fed crossbreed gallous

half-blooded half-bred half-breed hybrid

intercrossed mongrel rough-haired shaggy-haired

underbred wire-haired yellow-red