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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)
- Give me a good hybrid any day.Chapter 14 (50% in)
- Murders happened everywhere, but Soho was an arty bastion for the young and struggling who more often debated their disagreements over tiny glasses of cheap wine or cups of cafe Oil, watercolor, and compu artists hawked their wares on corners and in storefronts, competing with food vendors who promised hybrid fruits, iced yogurts, or vegetable purees uncontaminated by preservatives.Chapter 1 (38% in)
- "An experimental hybrid," Engrave explained.Chapter 14 (68% in)
- Your lab didn't hook into it because the hybrid's on the horticultural colonies' restricted list, and puts it under Galactic Customs' jurisdiction.Chapter 14 (71% in)
There are no more uses of "hybrid" in Immortal in Death.
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