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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of interbreeding.
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Examples
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As you can probably guess, 'interfertile' does not = infertile!
Oh deer oh deer oh deer Darren Naish 2006
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It's likely that mixing interfertile, but genetically differing, populations results in a left-handed kind of impairment in offspring.
What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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OTOH, straying too far risks wasting an egg on a male with whom the female is NOT interfertile.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010
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Some varieties may be interfertile with a closely related species, but other varieties are not.
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Some varieties may be interfertile with a closely related species, but other varieties are not.
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They may well still be interfertile with us, biologically speaking.
do you ever read writing? Peter DeWolf 2010
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Are there subgroups that, while potentially interfertile, are separated by geographic or theological barriers that prevent cross-pollination?
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OTOH, straying too far risks wasting an egg on a male with whom the female is NOT interfertile.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up 2010
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“An expedition is mounted to Mars in the hopes of finding humanoid females there who are interfertile.”
10 Stories you wouldn’t know are Martian Science Fiction, Volume 3 Paul 2009
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“An expedition is mounted to Mars in the hopes of finding humanoid females there who are interfertile.”
Archive 2009-02-01 Paul 2009
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