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INTERBRED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interbred mean?
• INTERBRED (adjective)
The adjective INTERBRED has 1 sense:
1. bred of closely related parents
Familiarity information: INTERBRED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bred of closely related parents
Similar:
inbred (produced by inbreeding)
Context examples
During their primordial migration out of Africa, ancestors of present-day humans are thought to have interbred with Neanderthals, whose brain characteristics can be inferred from their fossilized skulls.
(“Residual echo” of ancient humans in scans may hold clues to mental disorders, National Institutes of Health)
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