Breeding
Breeding noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Crossbreeding and breeding are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Crossbreeding" with "Breeding", this nouns are similar.
Crossbreeding
Crossbreeding noun - Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons).
Breeding and crossbreeding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breeding" instead a noun "Crossbreeding".
Nearby Word: crossbreed
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The execrable 70s sci-fi novel I, Weapon is about a breeding program to create the ultimate human weapon, crossbreeding human subspecies.
Source: Tykebomb -
The basic view of Exalted is that pretty much anything descended from a human is a human, even if accumulated mutations and crossbreeding have left it a bizarre cephalopod creature, or they were the product of breeding with a Primordial.
Source: Human Subspecies
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Crossbreeding and Breeding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/breeding/crossbreeding
Breeding & Crossbreeding. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/breeding/crossbreeding>.
Crossbreeding or Breeding. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/breeding/crossbreeding.
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