inbreeding

English

Verb

inbreeding

present participle of inbreed

Noun

inbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural inbreedings)

(biology) breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related
Inbreeding can result in handicapped children.

Synonyms

incest

Translations

breeding between members of small population

Chinese:
Mandarin: 近親繁殖 (zh), 近亲繁殖 (zh) (jìnqīn fánzhí), 近親交配 (zh), 近亲交配 (zh) (jìnqīn jiāopèi), 近交 (jìnjiāo)
Finnish: sisäsiitos (fi)
French: consanguinité (fr) f
German: Inzucht (de) f
Greek: ενδογαμία (el) f (endogamía)

Japanese: 近親交配 (きんしんこうはい, kinshin kōhai)
Manx: ynsheelraghey m
Norwegian: innavl (no) m
Russian: инбри́динг (ru) m (inbríding), межро́дственное скре́щивание n (mežródstvennoje skréščivanije), инцу́хт (ru) m (incúxt) (of plants)
Spanish: endogamia (es) f

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