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intergrade

/noun in-ter-greyd; verb in-ter-greyd/US // noun ˈɪn tərˌgreɪd; verb ˌɪn tərˈgreɪd //

级间,级之间,级际,级间性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an intermediate grade, form, stage, etc.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·ter·grad·ed, in·ter·grad·ing.

    • : to merge gradually, one into another, as different species through evolution.

Examples

  • For the present it seems best to regard the specimen merely as an intergrade.

  • He noted that the animals from this region intergrade with planirostris.

  • No family is more difficult to subdivide, for the various forms intergrade inextricably.

  • It seems, therefore, that these two subspecies intergrade on the interior slope of the range.

  • Also, Dipodomys oklahomae was not known to intergrade with any other named kinds.