hybrid

Noun
  1. A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) (synset 106304010)
    referred to in: latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
    domain region: ellas, greece, hellenic republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
    is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    same as: loan-blend, loanblend
  2. A composite of mixed origin (synset 105879237)
    "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
    is a type of: complex, composite - a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
  3. (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 (synset 101329963)
    "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
    subtypes:
    • dihybrid - a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
    • monohybrid - a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
    same as: cross, crossbreed
Adjective
  1. Produced by crossbreeding (synset 301910664)
    similar to: crossbred - bred from parents of different varieties or species
    same as: intercrossed

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