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Mongrel refers to mixed ancestry:
- In botany, a mongrel may refer to the offspring of varieties of a species which was in contrast to a hybrid
- Among pets, one whose parentage is of unknown or mixed breeds as opposed to purebred
- Among humans, mongrel and mongrelize are derogatory terms for the mixing of races, known as miscegenation
Mongrel may also refer to:
- Mongrel (band), a British band
- Mongrel (The Number Twelve Looks Like You album)
- Mongrel (The Bob Seger System album)
- Mongrel (web server), an open-source software library
- Mongrels (TV series), a BBC Three puppet sitcom
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Mongrel — Entwickler Zed A. Shaw Aktuelle Version 1.1.5 (22. Mai 2008) Betriebssystem plattformunabhängig Kategorie Webserver Lizenz … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mongrel — Тип Веб сервер Разработчик Zed A. Shaw Операционная система Cross platform Последняя версия 1.1.5 (2008 05 22) Лицензия Лицен … Википедия
Mongrel — Mon grel, a. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Not of a pure breed. [1913 Webster] 2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mongrel — (n.) late 15c., mixed breed dog, from obsolete mong mixture, from O.E. gemong mingling (base of AMONG (Cf. among)), from P.Gmc. *mangjan to knead together (see MINGLE (Cf. mingle)). With pejorative suffix REL (Cf. rel). Meani … Etymology dictionary
mongrel — [n] animal of mixed background bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half blood, halfbreed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt; concept 394 … New thesaurus
mongrel — ► NOUN 1) a dog of no definable breed. 2) offensive a person of mixed descent. 3) something of mixed origin or nature. ORIGIN apparently related to MINGLE(Cf. ↑mingle) and AMONG(Cf. ↑among) … English terms dictionary
mongrel — [mäŋ′grəl, muŋ′grəl] n. [ME mengrell < base of OE mengan, to mix + dim. suffix rel as in COCKEREL: form infl. by ME mong, aphetic < OE gemong, mixture: see AMONG] 1. an animal or plant produced by the crossing of different breeds or… … English World dictionary
mongrel — /ˈmʌŋgrəl / (say munggruhl) noun 1. any animal or plant resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. 2. any cross between different things. 3. a dog of mixed or uncertain breed. 4. Colloquial (derogatory) (racist) a person of… … Australian English dictionary
Mongrel — 1. mongrel dog; 2. despicable person; 3. something difficult: It s a mongrel of a job … Dictionary of Australian slang
