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mongrel:
n [ME, prob. fr. mong mixture,
short for ymong, fr. OE gemong crowd--more at AMONG] (15c)
1: an individual resulting from the interbreeding of
diverse breeds or strains; esp
: one of unknown ancestry
2: a cross between types of persons or things
--mongrel adj
--mon grel i za tion n
--mongrelization vt
-Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
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