hybrid

1. Genetics. The offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially the offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties, species, or races.
2. 1. Something of mixed origin or composition, such as a word whose elements are derived from different languages.
   2. Something having two kinds of components that produce the same or similar results, such as a vehicle powered by both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine as sources of power for the drive train.

[Latin hibrida, hybrida, mongrel.]

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Definition: composite, mixture
Antonyms: homogeneous, pedigreed, pure, pure-bred, purebred, thoroughbred, unmixed

Said of a plant produced by crossing two distant varieties or species.

A hybrid is produced as the offspring of two true breeding organisms of different strains (AA x aa). If the hybrids (Aa) are then mated, the result is a hybrid cross.

[HI-brihd; HI-brih-dyz] In a pure sense, the word hybrid in the wine world refers to a vine or grape created by breeding two varieties from different species or genuses (such as vitis vinifera and vitis riparia or vitis labrusca). However, the term sometimes also refers to a cross, which is a vine or grape created by breeding two varieties of the same genus (Vitis vinifera, for example). baco noir is a red French-American hybrid created by breeding folle blanche (Vitis vinifera) with a native American vine (Vitis riparia). müller-thurgau is an example of a cross between riesling and sylvaner, both of which are Vitis vinifera. Hybrids are created in an effort to produce a plant with the best traits of its parents, such as high productivity, disease resistance, and/or better adaptability to environmental conditions. One who creates hybrids is called a hybridist or hybridizer. See also clone.

An offspring of parents of different strains, varieties or species.

• h. mother-of-millions — bryophyllum daigremontium × B. tubiflorum.
• h. vigor — increased productivity and performance in the first generation of crossbred animals produced by the mating of dissimilar breeds. The gain is lost if the hybrids are interbred. Called also heterosis.

n.

A pooled issue.

1. A plant resulting from a cross between two parents that belong to different varieties, cultivars, species, or (rarely) genera. A hybrid may show some of the characteristics of each parent or have a new appearance. Hybrid species are indicated by a roman multiplication sign (×) written before the species name. For example, the hybrid witch hazel, Hamamelis × intermedia, was developed by crossing two Asian species, H. japonica and H. mollis.
2. For hybrid cultivars, sometimes the species name is omitted and just the genus name and cultivar name are given, as for hybrid daylilies such as Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’. Omitting the species name indicates that the parentage is uncertain or too complex to list, or that only one offspring resulted from a cross and the subsequent plants have been propagated by vegetative means.

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A hybrid is the combination of two or more different things, aimed at achieving a particular objective or goal. In different contexts this may refer to:

• In mythology and iconography:
  • Hybrid (mythology), a creature combining body parts of two or more species

• In biology:
  • Hybrid (biology), the offspring resulting from cross-breeding of different plants or animals.

• In etymology:
  • Hybrid word, a word with mixed etymologies

• In transportation:
  • Hybrid bicycle, a bicycle combining design features of road and mountain bikes
  • Hybrid electric vehicle, a car that combines an internal combustion engine with electric motors.
  • Hybrid vehicle, a vehicle which uses a mixture of power or fuel sources

• In music:
  • Hybrid (metal band), a Spanish extreme metal band
  • Hybrid (producers), a British electronic music group
  • Hybrid (album), an album by Michael Brook
  • Hybrid (Gary Numan album), a remix album by Gary Numan

• In culture:
  • Hybrid (DC Comics), a DC Comics supervillain group
  • Hybrid (Marvel Comics), a name shared by two Marvel Comics characters
  • Hybrid (role-playing game), a spoof role-playing game

• In computers and electronics:
  • Hybrid coupler, a type of directional coupler used in radio and telecommunications
  • Hybrid coil
  • Telephone hybrid, an electronic circuit used in telephones

• In finance:
  • Hybrid security, an economic vehicle that combines elements of debt and equity
• In sports:
  • Hybrid (golf), a type of golf club

• In video games:
  • Hybrid refers to a group of humans that have aliens characteristics in Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2 and Resistance: Retribution

See also

• For phrases that start with Hybrid, see Special:Prefixindex/Hybrid.
• Hybridization

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hybrid, bastard
adj. - bastardagtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
hybride, kruising, bastaard, meertalig woord

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Hort) hybride
adj. - (gén, Hort) hybride, (Biol) hybride, hybride (ADN), chimère (gène)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hybride, Kreuzung, Mischling
adj. - hybrid, gemischt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μιγάδας, μικτογενής, νόθος, (βιολ., γλωσσ.) υβρίδιο
adj. - νόθος, μπασταρδεμένος, υβριδικός

Italiano (Italian)
ibrido

Português (Portuguese)
n. - híbrido (m)
adj. - mestiço, híbrido

Русский (Russian)
гибрид

Español (Spanish)
n. - híbrido
adj. - híbrido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hybrid, korsning, blandform (bildl.), hybridord (språkv.)
adj. - hybrid, bland-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
混血儿, 混合物, 杂种, 混合的, 混合语的, 杂种的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 混血兒, 混合物, 雜種
adj. - 混合的, 混合語的, 雜種的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡종, 혼종어, 혼성물
adj. - 잡종의, 혼성의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 雑種の, 混成の
n. - 雑種, 混成語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هجين, نغل, مولد (صفه) ذو علاقه أو متعلق بالهجين ألخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בן-כלאיים‬
adj. - ‮בן-כלאיים‬

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