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cross-sterile

American  
[kraws-ster-uhl, -ahyl, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˈstɛr əl, -aɪl, ˈkrɒs- /

adjective

  1. incapable of reproducing due to hybridization.


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Etymology

Origin of cross-sterile

First recorded in 1945–50

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This leaves the evolutionists to account for one of the most difficult things in connection with this theory, namely, how did varieties of animals of the same species become cross-sterile?*

From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Graebner, Theodore

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