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outbreeding

noun

Etymology

From out- + breeding.

  1. derived from *brōdijaną✻ — “to brood; breed”
  2. inherited from *brōdijandz✻
  3. inherited from *brēdende✻
  4. inherited from bredyng
  5. prefixed as outbreeding — “out + breeding”

Definitions

  1. The breeding of unrelated (or only distantly related) individuals.

    • Outbreeding is a positive thing, because of the wider gene pool.

  2. The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social…

    The mating of people from different groups (especially as a result of social proscription).

    • Outbreeding hinders earnest studies of archaeogenetics, making it thorny to know precisely about ancient populations, migrations and linguistic groups.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for outbreeding. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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