hybrid has definitions from the fields of biology,genetics,linguistics
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[ noun ] a composite of mixed origin

Examples

"the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"

Related terms

complex crossbreed

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[ noun ] (linguistics) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

Related terms

word Latin Greece

3
[ adjective ] (genetics) produced by crossbreeding

Related terms

crossbred

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[ noun ] (biology,genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

Synonyms

cross crossbreed

Examples

"a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

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