intercross
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of intercross
Example Sentences
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There is no doubt that these three pheasants, namely, the common, the true ring-necked, and the Japan, intercross, and are becoming blended together in the woods of several parts of England.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Charles Darwin
Why then do not the varieties occasionally intercross, though this would not often happen, as insects so rarely act in an efficient manner?
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
From the curving inwards of the two lobes, as they move towards each other, the straight marginal spikes intercross by their tips at first, and ultimately by their bases.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Their expeditions intercross each other; we find them everywhere at once; Franks are seen at London, and Saxons at Angers.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
Much other indirect evidence could be given with respect to the extent to which varieties of the same species spontaneously intercross.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin
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