Found 2 items, similar to Hybrid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hybrid hybrid n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) [syn: loanblend, loan-blend] 2: a composite of mixed origin; “the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices” 3: 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; “a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey” [syn: crossbreed, cross] hybrid adj : produced by crossbreeding [syn: crossed, interbred, intercrossed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hybrid 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.] 1. (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two animals or plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines, as two distinct species, or two strains of the same species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See Mongrel. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. anything derived by a mixture of components or characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid. [PJC] Hybrid \Hy"brid\, a. 1. Produced from the mixture of two genetically distinct strains; as, plants of hybrid nature. [1913 Webster] 2. derived by a mixture of characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style; a hybrid DNA molecule. [PJC]