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Hybrid

Hybrid Definition And Meaning
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.

Hybrid Definition And Meaning

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

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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