| NOUN | communication | hybrid, loanblend, loan-blend | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
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| cognition | hybrid | a composite of mixed origin | |
| animal | hybrid, crossbreed, cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar / dissimilar parents or stock | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | hybrid, intercrossed | produced by crossbreeding |
| Sounds | hhay'brahd; hhay'brihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | produced by crossbreeding. | |
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| Synonym | intercrossed | |
| Broader | crossbred | Bred from parents of different varieties or species |
| Spanish | cruzado, híbrido | |
| Catalan | híbrid | |
| Nouns | hybrid | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar / dissimilar parents or stock |
| Meaning | A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., 'monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root). | |
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| Synonyms | loanblend, loan-blend | |
| Category | Latin | Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome |
| Region | Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas | A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula |
| Broader | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
| Spanish | híbrido, loanblend | |
| Catalan | híbrid, loanblend | |
| Meaning | A composite of mixed origin. | |
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| Example | "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices" | |
| Broader | complex, composite | A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts |
| Spanish | híbrido | |
| Catalan | híbrid | |
| Verbs | hybridize | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
| Meaning | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar / dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species. | |
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| Synonyms | crossbreed, cross | |
| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Narrower | dihybrid | A hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each |
| monohybrid | A hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments / experiments with garden peas) | |
| Broader | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| Spanish | cruce, híbrida, híbrido | |
| Catalan | encreuament, híbrid | |
| Adjectives | hybrid | produced by crossbreeding |
| Verbs | hybridize | breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
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