All 3 Uses of
hybrid
in
Angelfall
- The hybrid car I was aiming for suddenly crumples under the weight of something crashing down on it.†
p. 8.4 *hybrid = something of mixed origin
- A light suddenly flickers and turns on above the crushed hybrid.†
p. 9.7
- After all his crusading against their evil hybrid spawn?†
p. 267.3
Definition:
something made by combining different sources or types
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)