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noun a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English hybrid English dihybrid From di- + hybrid.
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