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1. Produced by crossbreeding
   - intercrossed

1. A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
   - loanblend, loan-blend
    
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 hybrid between a horse and a donkey"
   - crossbreed, cross

Derived forms: hybrids

See also: crossbred, hybridize

Type of: being, complex, composite, organism, word

Encyclopedia: Hybrid