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Definition

something of mixed origin

in various senses, including:

of cars — powered by both electricity and gasoline
in biology — a plant or animal produced by crossbreeding
in linguistics — a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., monolingual has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

hybrid = a car that is powered by both electricity and gasoline

Hybrids are especially efficient for taxi cabs that spend a lot of time in stop and go traffic.
Hybrid seed won't produce true in the next generation.
The Texas longhorn is a hybrid breed.
I drive a hybrid, but not the type that can be recharged by an electric plug.
Pidgin is a language that is a hybrid mixture of two or more languages — typically with a primitive grammar.
Many exotic plants have pollen utterly worthless, in the same exact condition as in the most sterile hybrids.
Darwin, Charles -- The Origin of Species
a hybrid security that has the characteristics of both debt and common equity
a hybrid mixture of funk and rock
a hybrid approach to measuring electrical activity in genetically specified neurons
the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices
They aren't as detailed as the hybrid tea roses.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

hybrid = crossbred (from two other types of roses)

They ... created the first human-animal hybrids—cells that contained equal amounts of DNA from Henrietta and a mouse.
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

hybrids = something of mixed origin

A hybrid is a plant or animal whose parents have different traits.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

hybrid = something of mixed origin

they heard the tall man exclaim in strange hybrid French.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The White Company
Her walk was not that hybrid and uncertain gliding affected by some women, but a frank, strong, healthy movement forward.
Conrad, Joseph -- Under Western Eyes
There never before was seen on earth such a wonderful hybrid race as was thus produced.
Dickens, Charles -- Hard Times
The progeny will doubtless be a strange hybrid race; but that's their Look out—not mine.
Bronte, Charlotte -- The Professor
Hybrid Inglo-Slavic with strong traces of cultural-specialization terms adopted during the long chain of human migrations.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
As such a new-born hybrid, I know what will happen over the ages.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley

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