Crossing and Union

Crossing

Crossing noun - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.

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Union and crossing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Union" instead a noun "Crossing".

Nearby Words: cross, crossed, crossbar, crossover

Union noun - The act or an instance of joining two or more things into one.

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Crossing and union are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossing" instead a noun "Union".

certain	certain crossing	certain union
original	original crossing	original union
legal	legal crossing	legal union
actual	actual crossing	actual union
Other adjectives: successful, constant, interesting, less.

Rugby League is also a bit more similar to American Football than Union (the limited number of tackles / downs for instance) and a handful of players have tried crossing over, one even making it to the NFL.

Source: Rugby Union
MGS3: Ocelot is triple crossing America and the Soviet Union, and stole the real Philosopher's legacy with the CIA Director to revive the Philosophers.

Source: Video Game / Metal Gear
The Soviet Union bred the Sulimov dog as airport sniffers by crossing jackals with Lapponian Herders and then breeding the resulting half-jackals with Huskies to make them more trainable.

Source: Heinz Hybrid

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