intercross

English

Etymology

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, 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:
      A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase.

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, →ISBN, page 20:
      Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony.

Spanish

Noun

intercross m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) lacrosse
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