Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hybrid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mule \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a
she-ass. See {Hinny}.
Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
of another; -- called also {hybrid}.
3. A very stubborn person.
4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}.
{Mule armadillo} (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}.
See Illust. under {Armadillo}.
{Mule deer} (Zo["o]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, or Cariacus,
macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers
to its long ears.
{Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
which transmits motion between shafts that are not
parallel.
{Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hybrid \Hy"brid\, n. (Philol.)
A word composed of elements which belong to different
languages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hybrid \Hy"brid\, n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. ?
wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin
to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.)
The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal
or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See
{Mongrel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hybrid \Hy"brid\, a.
Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of
hybrid nature.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hybrid
adj : produced by crossbreeding [syn: {crossed}, {interbred}, {intercrossed}]
n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages
(e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin
root) [syn: {loanblend}]
2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a
hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
3: an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;
especially offspring produced by breeding plants or
animals of different varieties or breeds or species [syn:
{crossbreed}]
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