What is a hybrid?

Answer:

A hybrid is a mix of two things to form one. Usually, the goal of a hybrid is to gain some advantage that neither of the two originals could achieve alone. The term hybrid can be used to classify a wide variety of things.

• Hybrid plants. If you have a white flower and a red flower, you can cross-pollinate them to make a pink flower, the hybrid.
• Hybrid animals, such as the offspring of a lion and tiger.
• Hybrid populations. In the United States, for example, many children are hybrids of two homogeneous immigrant populations.
• Hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius, which incorporate both a gas-fueled combustion engine with a battery driven engine.
• Hybrid words, which have roots from two different origins (most often one in Greek and one in Latin, such as "television").
• Hybrid creatures in mythology, which are icons of two or more real-world animals.

Hybrids are the offspring of two different species.