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noun a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
noun a composite of mixed origin
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
originFrom Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, an offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0