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hy⋅brid

  [hahy-brid]
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–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

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.

Antonyms:
5. purebred, thoroughbred.
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hy·brid   (hī'brĭd)   
n.  

  1. Genetics The offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially the offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties, species, or races.

    1. Something of mixed origin or composition, such as a word whose elements are derived from different languages.

    2. Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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 hybrids of DNA and RNA> hybrids ofmouse and human cells> —hybrid adjective —hy·brid·ism /-br&-"diz-&m/ noun —hy·brid·i·ty /hI-'brid-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

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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