hybrid

hybrid is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
2. adjective. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.
3. noun. (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

   "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

   Synonyms: cross, crossbreed

4. noun. a composite of mixed origin

   "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"

5. noun. a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

   Synonyms: loanblend

6. adjective. produced by crossbreeding

   Synonyms: intercrossed

Synonyms

cross, crossbreed, loanblend, intercrossed

Common word forms

hybrids, hybridal, hybridise, hybridity, hybridize, hybridous

Words from these letters

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