crossbreed vs dihybrid
dihybrid vs crossbreedcrossbreed and dihybrid both are nouns.
crossbreed is a verb but dihybrid is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crossbreed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| dihybrid | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
dihybrid is a hyponym of
crossbreed; that is, dihybrid is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
crossbreed:
- crossbreed: (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
- dihybrid: a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
Other hyponyms of crossbreed include
monohybrid.
| crossbreed (noun) | dihybrid (noun) |
|---|---|
| (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 hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each |
| crossbreed (verb) | dihybrid (verb) |
|---|---|
| breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
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