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English adjective: hybrid

1. hybrid produced by crossbreeding


Synonymsintercrossed


Similarcrossbred


Antonymspurebred


English noun: hybrid

1. hybrid (communication) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)


Synonymsloan-blend, loanblend


Broader (hypernym)word


Domain categoryLatin


Domain regionEllas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

2. hybrid (cognition) a composite of mixed origin


SamplesThe vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices.


Broader (hypernym)complex, composite

3. hybrid (animal) (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


SamplesA mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.


Synonymscross, crossbreed


Broader (hypernym)being, organism


Narrower (hyponym)dihybrid, monohybrid


Domain categorygenetic science, genetics









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