intercross

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ cross.

Verb

intercross (third-person singular simple present intercrosses, present participle intercrossing, simple past and past participle intercrossed)

  1. To cross back over one another
    • 1895, Jules Verne, Captain Antifer‎[1], page 134:
      From this trunk, like a tower, rose an enormous tenfold ramification, the branches of which crossed and intercrossed, and forked and developed, […]
  2. (biology, genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another
    • 1916, Alfred Russel Wallace, Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1‎[2]:
      A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase.

Translations

Noun

intercross (plural intercrosses)

  1. (biology, genetics) The act or product of intercrossing
    • 2000, Xavier Montagutelli, “Determining the Genetic Basis of a New Trait”, in Sundberg & Boggess, editors, Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations‎[3], →ISBN, page 20:
      Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

intercross m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) lacrosse
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