hybrid

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hybrid /ˈhʌɪbrɪd/

▶noun

• 1 Biology the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule.

• 2 a thing made by combining two different elements.

  ■ a word formed from elements taken from different languages.

– derivatives
hybridism noun,
hybridity noun.

– origin C17: from L. hybrida ‘offspring of a tame sow and wild boar, child of a freeman and slave, etc.’.