hybrid

plural hybrids

1. biologyOffspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

   Lastly, the hybrids or mongrels from between all the domestic breeds of pigeons are perfectly fertile.

   1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Domestication”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 26

   Synonyms: bastard, crossbreed, mixing

2. Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

   Starting in the mid-1940s, the legendary Danish designer Hans Wegner created a series of chairs inspired by Ming Dynasty furnishings, their streamlined frames a hybrid of imperial Chinese forms and Scandinavian modernism.

   2026 May 28, Sam Cochran, “Feeling Zen”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 100

   1. A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

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      Toyota Motor Corp. detailed plans to invest $912 million to increase output of hybrid components and vehicles across five states, part of a broader $10 billion commitment in the US over the next five years. Factories in West Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri will see 252 new jobs as a result of the initiative, the world’s biggest carmaker said in a statement. The move underscores Toyota’s bet that hybrids will dominate US sales in the near term as consumers balk at high EV prices following the end of tax credits. The investment may also strengthen the Japanese carmaker’s foothold in the market as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and other US carmakers scale back EV ambitions and revisit hybrid strategies to meet shifting demand and emissions targets.

      2025 November 18, Reed Stevenson, “Toyota Lays Out $912 Million Plan to Boost US Hybrid Production”, in Bloomberg News

   2. computingA computer that is part analog computer and part digital computer.
   3. cyclingA bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.
   4. businessAn electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or PCB.
   5. golfA golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
   6. human sciencesA word that is internally macaronic, its elements being derived from different languages.

comparative more hybrid · superlative most hybrid

1. Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.

   a hybrid mix of jazz and punk

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   Now, it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to bring forward one case of the hybrid offspring of two animals clearly distinct being themselves perfectly fertile.

   1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Domestication”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 26

2. Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).

   Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.

   2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 270

3. animationInvolving both 2D and 3D animation.