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Hybrid \Hy"brid\, a.
1. Produced from the mixture of two genetically distinct
strains; as, plants of hybrid nature.
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2. derived by a mixture of characteristics from two
distinctly different sources; as, a hybrid musical style;
a hybrid DNA molecule.
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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.]
1. (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two animals or
plants derived from recognizably different genetic lines,
as two distinct species, or two strains of the same
species with known genetic differences; an animal or plant
produced from the mixture of two genetic lines. See
{Mongrel}.
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2. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to
different languages.
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3. anything derived by a mixture of components or
characteristics from two distinctly different sources; as,
a musical hybrid; a DNA-RNA hybrid.
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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. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied
to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid
is more properly termed a {hinny}. See {Hinny}.
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Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
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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}.
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3. A very stubborn person.
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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}.
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5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.

Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
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{Mule armadillo} (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also {mulita}.
See Illust. under {Armadillo}.

{Mule deer} (Zool.), a large deer ({Cervus macrotis} syn.
{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.
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