Definition: hybrid

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

hybrid
     adj : produced by crossbreeding [syn: crossed, interbred, intercrossed]
     n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages
          (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin
          root) [syn: loanblend]
     2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a
        hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"
     3: an offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock;
        especially offspring produced by breeding plants or
        animals of different varieties or breeds or species [syn:
        crossbreed]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mule \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
   mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
   mulus. Cf. Mulatto.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
      between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a
      she-ass. See Hinny.

   Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
         and proverbial for stubbornness.

   2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
      pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
      of another; -- called also hybrid.

   3. A very stubborn person.

   4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
      etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
      called also jenny and mule-jenny.

   Mule armadillo (Zo["o]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
      hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also mulita.
      See Illust. under Armadillo.

   Mule deer (Zo["o]l.), a large deer (Cervus, or Cariacus,
      macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers
      to its long ears.

   Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
      which transmits motion between shafts that are not
      parallel.

   Mule twist, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
      distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

Hybrid \Hy"brid\, n. (Philol.)
   A word composed of elements which belong to different
   languages.

Hybrid \Hy"brid\, n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. ?
   wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin
   to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.)
   The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal
   or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See
   Mongrel.

Hybrid \Hy"brid\, a.
   Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of
   hybrid nature.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

Hybrid

   A concurrent object-oriented language.

   ["Active Objects in Hybrid", O.M. Nierstrasz, SIGPLAN Notices
   22(12):243-253 (OOPSLA '87) (Dec 1987)].

   (1994-12-07)

HYBRID, n.  A pooled issue.