hybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hī'brĭd
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/
rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd
Forms: form: hybrids
Etymology: From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.
ref: 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Domestication”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 26:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: bastard
crossbreed
mixing
glosses: Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
glosses: 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).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: 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.
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.
A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
Synonyms: word: cross
word: cross-breed
word: hybrid
word: melding
word: mixling
word: mongrel
Hypernyms: word: mixture
word: child
word: offspring
word: youngling
Hyponyms: word: grapefruit
word: peppermint
word: pluot
word: tangelo
word: triticale
word: beefalo
word: Bengal
word: blynx
word: cattelo
word: coydog
word: dogote
word: dzo
word: hinny
word: huarizo
word: liger
word: mulard
word: mule
word: Savanna
word: tiglon
word: wolfdog
word: yakalo
word: zedonk
word: zonkey
word: zorse
word: zubron
Derived terms: biohybrid
cybrid
derivative hybrid
dihybrid
etymological hybrid
F1 hybrid
F2 hybrid
hybridal
hybridase
hybriding
hybridisation
hybridization
hybridise
hybridize
hybridism
hybridist
hybridlike
hybridness
hybridogenesis
hybridogenetic
hybridogenic
hybridogenous
hybridoma
microhybrid
monohybrid
nanohybrid
neohybrid
nonhybrid
organohybrid
polyhybrid
quadrihybrid
resonance hybrid
tribrid
trihybrid