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hy⋅brid
[hahy-brid] 
–noun
| 1. | the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, esp. as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics. |
| 2. | a person or group of persons produced by the interaction or crossbreeding of two unlike cultures, traditions, etc. |
| 3. | anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds: a hybrid of the academic and business worlds. |
| 4. | a word composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as television, whose components come from Greek and Latin. |
–adjective
| 5. | bred from two distinct races, breeds, varieties, species, or genera. |
| 6. | composite; formed or composed of heterogeneous elements. |
| 7. | composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as a word. |
Origin:
1595–1605; < L hybrida, hibrida a crossbred animal
1595–1605; < L hybrida, hibrida a crossbred animal
Synonyms:
5. Hybrid, mongrel refer to animals or plants of mixed origin. Hybrid is the scientific term: hybrid corn; a hybrid variety of sheep. Mongrel, used originally of dogs to denote the offspring of crossings of different breeds, is now extended to other animals and to plants; it is usually deprecatory, as denoting mixed, nondescript, or degenerate breed or character: a mongrel pup.
5. Hybrid, mongrel refer to animals or plants of mixed origin. Hybrid is the scientific term: hybrid corn; a hybrid variety of sheep. Mongrel, used originally of dogs to denote the offspring of crossings of different breeds, is now extended to other animals and to plants; it is usually deprecatory, as denoting mixed, nondescript, or degenerate breed or character: a mongrel pup.
Antonyms:
5. purebred, thoroughbred.
5. purebred, thoroughbred.
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| hy·brid (hī'brĭd) n.
[Latin hibrida, hybrida, mongrel.] hy'brid·ism n., hy'brid·ist n., hy·brid'i·ty (hī-brĭd'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Hybrid
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.Hybrid
Hy"brid\, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.Hybrid
Hy"brid\, n. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.
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hybrid
1601, from L. hybrida, var. of ibrida "mongrel," specifically "offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar," of unknown origin but probably from Gk. and somehow related to hubris. A rare word before c.1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: hy·brid
Pronunciation: 'hI-brid
Function: adjective
: consisting of diverse components: as a : of, relating to, or being a lawsuit brought by an employee under the Labor Management Relations Act against both the employer for breach of contract and the union for breach of the duty of fair representation b : of, relating to, or being representation of a criminal defendant in which the defendant represents himself or herself with the assistance of a lawyer
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: hy·brid
Pronunciation: 'hI-br&d
Function: noun
1 : an offspring of two animals or plants of different races, breeds,varieties, species, or genera
2 : something heterogeneous in origin or composition
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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| hybrid (hī'brĭd) Pronunciation Key
An organism that is the offspring of two parents that differ in one or more inheritable characteristics, especially the offspring of two different varieties of the same species or the offspring of two parents belonging to different species. In agriculture and animal husbandry, hybrids of different varieties and species are bred in order to combine the favorable characteristics of the parents. Hybrids often display hybrid vigor. The mule, which is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, is an example of a hybrid. It is strong for its size and has better endurance and a longer useful lifespan than its parents. However, mules are sterile, as are many animals that are hybrids between two species. |
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Hybrid
A concurrent object-oriented language.
["Active Objects in Hybrid", O.M. Nierstrasz, SIGPLAN Notices 22(12):243-253 (OOPSLA '87) (Dec 1987)].
(1994-12-07)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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