n 1  :  a device composed of an upright bar traversed by a horizontal one  2 a  :  an act of crossing dissimilar individuals  b  :  a crossbred individual or kind
vt :  to cause (an animal or plant) to interbreed with one of a different kind  :  HYBRIDIZE <ing mongrel sows with imported boars -E. D. Ross>  vi  :  INTERBREED, HYBRIDIZE
, adj :  CROSSBRED, HYBRID .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  car·ies  car·i·ous  coarse  co·ry·za 
 
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