mongrel

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(mŭng'grəl, mŏng'-) pronunciation
n.
  1. An animal or a plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
  2. A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties, especially a mixture that is or appears to be incongruous.
adj.
Of mixed origin or character.

[Middle English, probably from mong, mixture, from Old English gemang.]

mongrelism mon·grel'ism n.
mongrelly mon'grel·ly adv.


n

Definition: mix
Antonyms: pedigree

Of mixed or uncertain breeding; said of dogs in particular but also used adjectivally to refer to any species.

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Mongrel refers to mixed ancestry:

  • In botany, a mongrel may refer to the offspring of varieties of a species which was in contrast to a hybrid
  • Among pets, one whose parentage is of unknown or mixed breeds as opposed to purebred
  • Among humans, mongrel and mongrelize are derogatory terms for the mixing of races, known as miscegenation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bastard, gadekryds, blandingsrace
adj. - blandet, af blandet race

Nederlands (Dutch)
bastaard, bastaardhond, mengvorm, bastaard-

Français (French)
n. - (chien) bâtard
adj. - bâtard

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mischling, Promenadenmischung, Bastard
adj. - Misch..., hybrid, nicht eindeutig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπασταρδόσκυλο, κοπρόσκυλο, μπάσταρδος, νόθος, μιξογενής, μιγάς

Italiano (Italian)
cane bastardo, bastardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - híbrido (m), vira-lata (m) (bras.)

Русский (Russian)
дворняжка, промежуточный тип чего-л., нечистокровный

Español (Spanish)
n. - perro mestizo o cruzado, mestizo
adj. - mestizo, de razas cruzadas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - byracka, bastard

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
杂种, 混血儿, 杂种狗, 杂种的, 混血儿的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雜種, 混血兒, 雜種狗
adj. - 雜種的, 混血兒的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡종
adj. - 잡종의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雑種, 雑種犬, 合いの子
adj. - 雑種の, 混血の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مهجن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כלב בן תערובת, מעורב-דם, בן תערובת‬
adj. - ‮ממוצא מעורב, בעל טבע (אופי) מעורב‬


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