outbreeding
Plural: outbreedings
Noun
- The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.
- The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription).
Examples
- "Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups."
Origin / Etymology
From out- + breeding.
Scrabble Score: 15
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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