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noun
1 Biology the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse):a hybrid of wheat and rye
2a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture:the final text is a hybrid of the stage play and the film a word formed from elements taken from different languages, for example television (tele- from Greek, vision from Latin). (also hybrid car) a car with a gasoline engine and an electric motor, each of which can propel it.
adjective
of mixed character; composed of mixed parts:Mexico’s hybrid postconquest culture bred as a hybrid from different species or varieties:a hybrid variety hybrid offspring
