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(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
(verb) cross, interbreed, hybridise, hybridize
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
cross a horse and a donkey; Mendel tried crossbreeding; these species do not interbreed