Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intercross

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-cross
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cross back over one another

verb

To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another

noun

The act or product of intercrossing

Example Sentences

"From this trunk, like a tower, rose an enormous tenfold ramification, the branches of which crossed and intercrossed, and forked and developed, […]"
"A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase."
"Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cross English intercross From inter- + cross.

Inflected Forms

intercrosses (present, singular) intercrossing (participle, present) intercrossed (participle, past) intercrossed (past) intercrosses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

backcross outcross

Questions

What does intercross mean?: To cross back over one another
Where does intercross come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cross English intercross From inter- + cross.

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