Backcross

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.

2.nounThe act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.

3.nounAn organism produced by such a crossing.

4.verbTo cross a hybrid with one of its parents.

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