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for mongrel
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to
AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.]
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of
domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, a.
1. (Zool.) Not of a pure breed.
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2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
mongrel
n 1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine;
something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;
"the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting
Gothic but not true Gothic" [syn: bastard]
2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mutt]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mongrel":
Cape Colored, Eurasian, animal, bastard, beast, cattalo, citrange,
cross, crossbred, crossbreed, crossed, cur, dog, griffe,
half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny,
hound, hybrid, hyena, insect, interbred, ladino, liger, lurcher,
mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood,
mulatto, mule, mustee, mutt, octoroon, pariah dog, pig, plumcot,
polecat, quadroon, quintroon, reptile, sambo, serpent, skunk,
snake, swine, tangelo, tigon, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm,
zebrass, zebrule
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