hybrid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
    loanblend; loan-blend.
  2. noun a composite of mixed origin
    • the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices
  3. noun (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
    crossbreed; cross.
    • a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey
  4. adjective satellite produced by crossbreeding
    intercrossed.

WordNet

Hy"brid noun
Etymology
L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr. over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
Hy"brid adjective
Definitions
  1. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

Webster 1913