About The Word Hybrid
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Hybrid
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What's The Definition Of Hybrid?
[n] an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
[n] a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices" [n] a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) [adj] produced by crossbreeding Synonyms | Synonyms for Hybrid: crossbred | crossbreed | crossed | interbred | intercrossed | loanblend Related Terms | Find terms related to Hybrid: bastard | blend | Cape Colored | cattalo | citrange | combination | composite | compound | contamination | cross | crossbred | crossbreed | crossed | Eurasian | griffe | half blood | half-bred | half-breed | half-caste | high yellow | hinny | hybrid word | hybridism | interbred | ladino | liger | macaronic | macaronicism | mestee | mestiza | mestizo | metis | metisse | mixblood | mixed-blood | mixture | mongrel | mulatto | mule | mustee | octoroon | plumcot | portmanteau | portmanteau word | portmantologism | quadroon | quintroon | sambo | tangelo | telescope word | tigon | zebrass | zebrule See Also | being | complex | composite | crossbred | organism | word Hybrid In Webster's Dictionary \Hy"brid\, n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. ?
wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin
to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.)
The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal
or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See
{Mongrel}.
\Hy"brid\, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature. \Hy"brid\, n. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages. |
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