(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

Something of mixed origin or composition, often a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies, such as a word derived from different languages, a vehicle running on both fuel and electricity, a bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike, a golf club combining the characteristics of an iron and a wood, an electronic circuit constructed of individual devices bonded to a substrate or pcb, or a computer that is part analog and part digital.

Consisting of diverse components.

(of a car) Running on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).