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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026hy•brid /ˈhaɪbrɪd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Geneticsthe offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, or species.
- anything of blended origins:The work is a hybrid of classical and rock music styles.
adj. [before a noun]
- Geneticsbred or descended from two distinct breeds, varieties, or species.
- formed or made up of very different or unlike elements or parts.
hy•brid•ism, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026hy•brid
(hī′brid),USA pronunciation n.
- the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, esp. as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
- a person or group of persons produced by the interaction or crossbreeding of two unlike cultures, traditions, etc.
- anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds:a hybrid of the academic and business worlds.
- Oceanographya word composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as television, whose components come from Greek and Latin.
adj.
- bred from two distinct races, breeds, varieties, species, or genera.
- composite;
formed or composed of heterogeneous elements.
- composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as a word.
- Latin hybrida, hibrida a crossbred animal
- 1595–1605
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.
5. purebred, thoroughbred.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hybrid /ˈhaɪbrɪd/ n - an animal or plant resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between different species are usually sterile
- anything of mixed ancestry
- a vehicle that is powered by an internal-combustion engine and another source of power such as a battery
- a word, part of which is derived from one language and part from another, such as monolingual, which has a prefix of Greek origin and a root of Latin origin
adj - (of a vehicle) powered by more than one source
- denoting or being a hybrid; of mixed origin
- (of an integrated circuit) consisting of one or more fully integrated circuits and other components, attached to a ceramic substrate Compare monolithic
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin hibrida offspring of a mixed union (human or animal)ˈhybridism n hyˈbridity n
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