hybrid

Hybrid is defined as something that is a combination of two different things.

(noun)

See hybrid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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.
anything of mixed origin, unlike parts, etc.
Linguis. a word made up of elements originally from different languages, as companionway

Origin: L hybrida, offspring of mixed parentage

adjective

of, or having the nature of, a hybrid

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See hybrid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Genetics The offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially the offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties, species, or races.
a. Something of mixed origin or composition, such as a word whose elements are derived from different languages.
b. 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.

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Origin: Latin hibrida, hybrida, mongrel

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