crossmateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

crossmate (三人称単数 現在形 crossmates, 現在分詞 crossmating, 過去形および過去分詞形 crossmated)

1. (transitive) To mate individuals of different species, breeds, etc.
   • 1986, Gail E. Stratton, George W. Uetz, The Inheritnce of Courtship Behavior in Schizocosa Wolf Spiders (Araneae; Lycosidae), Milton Davis Huettel (editor), Evolutionary Genetics of Invertebrate Behavior: Progress and Prospects, page 64,

     They proved to be fertile when they were crossmated and backcrossed to both parental species (using the forced-copulation method).

   • 1990, Jean M. Auel, The Plains of Passage, 2010, unnumbered page,

     If Jondalar and Ayla would stay and become Sharamudoi, we would make an offer to cross-mate with them, but since Markeno and I are Ramudoi, they would have to be Shamudoi.

   • 2004, Mujibul Hasan Siddiqui, Early Childhood Education^[1], page 14:

     Both Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cows also have a different average length of gestation when purely mated than when crossmated.

   • 2012, H.-J. Langholz, R. F. Diehl, W. Pabst, Reproductive Success in Crossbreeding: Results from a Current Experiment in the Federal Republic of Germany, B. Hoffmann, I. L. Mason, J. Schmidt (editors), Calving Problems and Early Viability of the Calf, Seminar Proceedings, page 107,

     Indeed, the results available so far from crossbreeding experiments show an overall positive effect of crossmating straightbred cows.

同意語

• (mate across species, etc.): crossbreed