Mungrel vs. Mongrel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mungrel and Mongrel
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Mungrel
Archaic form of mongrel
Mongrel
A mongrel, mutt or mixed-breed dog is a dog that does not belong to one officially recognized breed and is not the result of intentional breeding. Although the term mixed-breed dog is sometimes preferred, many mongrels have no known purebred ancestors.
Mungrel
See Mongrel.
Mongrel
An animal or plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.
Mongrel
(Offensive) A person of mixed background or descent.
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Mongrel
Something that is a mixture or combination of elements
"Purists ... object that bordeaux is a mongrel because it mixes two, three or four grape varieties" (Hugh Johnson).
Mongrel
Of mixed origin or character
"English has always been a mongrel tongue, a hybrid of arriving idioms" (Mark Abley).
Mongrel
(Offensive) Being a person of mixed background or descent.
Mongrel
Being a mongrel organism.
Mongrel
Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
Mongrel
A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a pitiable person.
Mongrel
An erect penis; an erection.
Mongrel
Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of our tongue.
Mongrel
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed.
Mongrel
Not of a pure breed.
Mongrel
Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
Mongrel
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
Mongrel
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed
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