Definition of "mongrels" [mongrels]

• Plural form of mongrel. (noun)

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• "Some hybridization schemes are designed with such care that the breeders would resent their products being described as mongrels or mutts as President Obama delightfully described himself."
• "I venture to suggest that those who seek this end should select some of the primitive types of form, such as are found among the undifferentiated mass of the species, those which are improperly termed mongrels, and this for the reason that among these unselected creatures the intelligence is quicker and more varied than it is in the highly developed varieties."
• "The mongrels are the result of all kinds of mixtures; black and white, mulatto and white, quadroon and white, octoroon and white."