had interbred
- past perfect of interbreed.
Example Sentences
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The DNA of the Mende people showed that their ancestors had interbred with Stem2 people just 25,000 years ago.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
And let’s see it going back to the 1990s, before hatchery sockeye had interbred with wild fish for so long that the “wild” run lost so much of its fitness.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
Prof Peter Keightley from the University of Edinburgh, though largely convinced by the results, was less surprised that the finches had interbred so extensively.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2015
He said there was some evidence that humans had lived alongside Neanderthals in Europe and had interbred.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2015
They found that these northeastern coyotes carried genes from Great Lakes wolves, showing that the two species had interbred as the coyotes passed through that region.
From Nature ● May 16, 2012
