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n. (communication) | 1. hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root). |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ latin | any dialect of the language of ancient Rome. |
| ~ ellas, greece, hellenic republic | a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil. |
n. (cognition) | 2. hybrid | a composite of mixed origin.; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices" |
| ~ complex, composite | a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts.; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" |
n. (animal) | 3. cross, crossbreed, hybrid | (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" |
| ~ organism, being | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
| ~ dihybrid | a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each. |
| ~ monohybrid | a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas). |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
adj. | 4. hybrid, intercrossed | produced by crossbreeding. |
| ~ crossbred | bred from parents of different varieties or species. |
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