It seems to me that a "hybrid" may be either a "form of", a "sub-species", or a "freak". I would suspect FREAK untill many examples are found. At which point, the other two designations may be considered.
    Art
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> From: Olivier Caro <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/06/29 Wed PM 03:15:54 EDT
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> Subject: hybrids
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> "hybridism": amalgamation of companies, development of a chimera, all-directional fertilization, tea x coffee (P.I. Tchaikovsky)!
> I suspect hybridism to open the door of a strange house.
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> What is (or are) the acknowledged sense(s) of this word: hybrid (in plants_veget. not bizness_, in seashells)... ?
> Relationship between "hybrid" and "species"... ?
> In other words, what is the place of a hybrid in a systema naturae ?
>
> Olivier Caro
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