hybrid
noun
the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
hybridity
-
a word derived from
hybrid.
Example Sentences
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"But that is the whole challenge of hybridity: the response is complex."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Painters, Ports and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850” follows the careers of these entrepreneurial painters whose collaborations with the EIC and with one another produced new styles characterized by hybridity and innovation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
They have recast the Punjabi identity through rhythm, hybridity as well as a rooted sense of self.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
The documentary also captures, in real time, the evolution of a bold new identity growing among Latino youth in the 1980s, encapsulated in Los Dinos’ cultural hybridity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Or was he, as some historians claim, merely trying to understand the nature of hybridity in peas?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
