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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Mon"grel, a.
1. Zool.
Not of a pure breed.
2.
Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
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