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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, adjective
1. (Zo["o]l.) Not of a pure breed.
2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mongrel
noun
1: 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" [syn: {bastard}]
2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: {cur}, {mutt}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mongrel": Cape Colored, Eurasian, animal, bastard, beast, cattalo, citrange, cross, crossbred, crossbreed, crossed, cur, dog, griffe, half blood, half-bred, half-breed, half-caste, high yellow, hinny, hound, hybrid, hyena, insect, interbred, ladino, liger, lurcher, mestee, mestiza, mestizo, metis, metisse, mixblood, mixed-blood, mulatto, mule, mustee, mutt, octoroon, pariah dog, pig, plumcot, polecat, quadroon, quintroon, reptile, sambo, serpent, skunk, snake, swine, tangelo, tigon, varmint, vermin, viper, whelp, worm, zebrass, zebrule
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