hybrid
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1. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | being, organism, |
| definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | dihybrid, |
| definition | : | a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | monohybrid, |
| definition | : | a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) (noun.animal) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
2. a composite of mixed origin (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | complex, composite, |
| definition | : | a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts (noun.cognition) |
3. a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | word, |
| definition | : | a unit of language that native speakers can identify (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | latin, |
| definition | : | any dialect of the language of ancient Rome (noun.communication) |
| domain region | : | ellas, greece, hellenic republic, |
| definition | : | a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil (noun.location) |
4. produced by crossbreeding (adj.all)
| similar | : | crossbred, |
| definition | : | bred from parents of different varieties or species (adj.all) |
5. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun.animal)
6. a composite of mixed origin (noun.cognition)
7. produced by crossbreeding (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cross, crossbreed, hybrid, |
| definition | : | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun.animal) |
8. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun.animal)
9. a composite of mixed origin (noun.cognition)
10. produced by crossbreeding (adj.all)
| derivation | : | cross, crossbreed, hybrid, |
| definition | : | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species (noun.animal) |
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