hybrid
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hybrid
adj 1: produced by crossbreeding [syn: {hybrid}, {intercrossed}]
n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages
(e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
[syn: {loanblend}, {loan-blend}, {hybrid}]
2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid
of administrative and legislative offices"
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; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
[syn: {hybrid}, {crossbreed}, {cross}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hybrid \Hy"brid\, a.
1. Produced from the mixture of two genetically distinct
strains; as, plants of hybrid nature.
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2. derived by a mixture of characteristics from two
distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style;
a hybrid DNA molecule.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hybrid \Hy"brid\, n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. ?
wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin
to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.]
1. (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two animals or
plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines,
as two distinct species, or two strains of the same
species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant
produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See
{Mongrel}.
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2. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to
different languages.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. anything derived by a mixture of components or
characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as,
a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mule \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.]
1. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied
to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid
is more properly termed a {hinny}. See {Hinny}.
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Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
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2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
of another; -- called also {hybrid}.
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3. A very stubborn person.
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4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}.
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5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
[WordNet 1.5]
{Mule armadillo} (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also {mulita}.
See Illust. under {Armadillo}.
{Mule deer} (Zool.), a large deer ({Cervus macrotis} syn.
{Cariacus macrotis}) of the Western United States. The
name refers to its long ears.
{Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
which transmits motion between shafts that are not
parallel.
{Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "hybrid":
Cape Colored, Eurasian, bastard, blend, cattalo, citrange,
combination, composite, compound, contamination, cross, crossbred,
crossbreed, crossed, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed,
half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hybrid word, hybridism, interbred,
ladino, liger, macaronic, macaronicism, mestee, mestiza, mestizo,
metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mixture, mongrel, mulatto,
mule, mustee, octoroon, plumcot, portmanteau, portmanteau word,
portmantologism, quadroon, quintroon, sambo, tangelo,
telescope word, tigon, zebrass, zebrule
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