hybrid.
Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Meaning & usage
Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. An electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies. A word that is internally macaronic, its elements being derived from different languages.
Where this word comes from
From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
Involving both 2D and 3D animation.
Where this word comes from
From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
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