inbreeding

inbreeding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

inbreeding

1. present participle of inbreed

Noun

inbreeding (countable and uncountable, plural inbreedings)

1. (biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

   Inbreeding can result in handicapped children.

Synonyms

• incest

Translations

breeding between members of small population

Chinese: Mandarin: 近親繁殖 (zh), 近亲繁殖 (zh) (jìnqīn fánzhí), 近親交配 (zh), 近亲交配 (zh) (jìnqīn jiāopèi), 近交 (jìnjiāo) Danish: indavl c Dutch: inteelt (nl) f Finnish: sisäsiitos (fi) French: consanguinité (fr) f German: Inzucht (de) f Greek: ενδογαμία (el) f (endogamía) Hungarian: beltenyészet, beltenyésztés (hu) Japanese: 近親交配 (きんしんこうはい, kinshin kōhai) Manx: ynsheelraghey m Maori: aitata, pūpukurau Norwegian: innavl (no) m Polish: chów wsobny (pl) m Russian: инбри́динг (ru) m (inbríding), межро́дственное скре́щивание n (mežródstvennoje skréščivanije), инцу́хт (ru) m (incúxt) (of plants) Spanish: endogamia (es) f Swedish: inavel (sv) c