单词 | bigenerous |
释义 | bigenerousadj. Now rare. Composed of two different elements; hybrid. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > cross-breeding or hybridization bigenerous1610 hybridan1623 mongrel1633 hybridous1691 mule1728 hybrid1775 cross-bred1856 hybridizablea1864 paragenesic1864 hybridized1872 cross1886 monohybrid1903 outbred1903 intergeneric1921 polyhybrid1922 reticulate1938 trihybrid1941 inter-strain1950 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxv. 179 A Bigenerous beast of vnkindly procreation. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 208 Bigenerous Creatures, Monsters by Natures Generation. 1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. II. 123/1 Dragoné, a Term used in French Heraldry for bigenerous Serpents, to express such whose hinder Part partakes of the dragon. 1974 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 19 361/2 We do, whenever we run into biodegradable or any of the other horrid bigenerous words of unkindly procreation with which the environmental crisis has polluted our language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1610 |
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