Hybrid Definition

hībrĭd

hybrids

noun

hybrids

The offspring produced by crossing two individuals of unlike genetic constitution; specif., the offspring of two animals or plants of different races, varieties, species, etc.

Webster's New World

Anything of mixed origin, unlike parts, etc.

Webster's New World

A word made up of elements originally from different languages.

Webster's New World

Any automotive vehicle powered by an internal-combustion engine and another power-producing system, that is designed to save fuel; specif., such a vehicle with several large, rechargeable batteries used to help power a computer-controlled electric motor that is activated in specific situations to assist, or substitute for, the main engine.

Webster's New World

(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

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adjective

Of, or having the nature of, a hybrid.

Webster's New World

Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

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intercrossed

Other Word Forms of Hybrid

Noun

Singular:

hybrid

Plural:

hybrids

Origin of Hybrid

Known in English since 1601, but rare before c.1850. From Latin hybrida, a variant of ibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”).

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Latin hibrida, hybrida mongrel

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition