Mongrelise (Verb)
Meaning
Cause to become a mongrel; "mongrelized dogs".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The government's lax animal control laws have allowed stray dogs to mongrelise the local breed.
- Inbreeding was discouraged because it was believed to weaken the species, whereas crossbreeding helped to mongrelise and strengthen it.
- He warned that introducing non-native species would mongrelise the island's delicate ecosystem.
- Feral animals are often the result of domesticated pets that have escaped or been released, subsequently allowing them to mongrelise with other wild animals.
- The lack of genetics experts and stud books has led to the local horse breed being mongrelised due to uncontrolled cross breeding practices.