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Definition of: hybrid
(hī′brid) adjective
1. Produced by interbreeding or cross–fertilization.
2. Derived from incongruous sources; mixed.
—noun
1. An animal or plant of mixed parentage; a mongrel.
2. Anything of heterogeneous origin or incongruous parts.
3. Ling. A word composed of elements from more than one language, as genocide. [<L hybrida offspring of tame sow and wild boar]
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