as in hybrids
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera
that pink rose is an intercross of red and white roses
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hybrids
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In Sorry to Bother You, RegalView telemarketer Cash Green (LaKeith Stanfield) learns that Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), the CEO of megacorporation WorryFree, which sells weapons and workers through RegalView, is turning his employees into human-horse hybrids called Equisapiens.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
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The hybrids also inherited the domestic pigs’ ability to breed more often, helping pig and wild boar genes spread faster through the population.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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“Intercrosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercrosses. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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