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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

back•cross [Genetics.]
v.t.

Geneticsto cross (a hybrid of the first generation) with either of its parents.

n.

Geneticsan instance of such crossing.

back² + cross 1900–05

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