hybrids

[Hy·brid]

A hybrid is a mixture of two different things, resulting in something that has a little bit of both like the rare zedonk, a hybrid of a donkey and a zebra.

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The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Noun
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"

Noun
a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"

Noun
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual'' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

Adjective S.
produced by crossbreeding


n.
The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

a.
Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.


Hybrid

Hy"brid , n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr. over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Hybrid

Hy"brid, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

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Usage Examples

With all the hybrid stuff and things like that, I think that's a fabulous direction to go with cars in that sense. As someone who grew up around muscle cars, I'll never not be able to not love a muscle car. Not that I don't care about the environment, that's not it. But I adore muscle cars.

The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what's No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don't eat hamburgers.

I definitely love that all these car brands are coming out with hybrid forms of every car that they have. It's very awesome because I think it does make a difference, and it doesn't hurt that you save a lot of money on gas.

It's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.

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Other Usage Examples

I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

Switching over to a hybrid car is one of those right things, but, unfairly or not, it still has a reputation among car enthusiasts as something you have to pedal really fast when you're on the ramp merging into traffic on the 401.

I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That's what the American people called for in November, and that's what we intend to deliver.

One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.

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