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hybrid /hy·brid/ (hi´brid) an offspring of parents of different strains, varieties, or species. hybrid [hī′brid] Etymology: L, hybrida, offspring 1 n, an offspring produced by mating organisms from different species, varieties, or genotypes. 2 adj, pertaining to such an offspring. hybrid an offspring of parents of different strains, varieties or species. hybrid mother-of-millions bryophyllumdaigremontium × B. tubiflorum. hybrid vigor increased productivity and performance in the first generation of crossbred animals produced by the mating of dissimilar breeds. The gain is lost if the hybrids are interbred. Called also heterosis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But until the business was liquidated in 2004 due to the terrorism-induced tourism slump, the visitors who bought it all and the government ministers, ambassadors, and aid experts who were frequently photographed looking at it were not academic specialists and happily embraced the flashiness and hybridity. Rather than cultural hybridity giving him a stronger foundation and greater versatility, it appears that the more western Diawara becomes, the less relevance he has. IN AN AGE IN WHICH TECHNOLOGY is encouraging and enabling musical, cultural and political cominglings, it is at once strange and fitting that the tension around hybridity in most every genre of American popular music would continue to exist and exert itself. |
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