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allooctoploid

allooctoploid adjective: having eight sets of chromosomes, four from each parent.

Adjective

allooctoploid (not comparable)

  1. Having eight sets of chromosomes, four from each parent

Noun

allooctoploid (plural allooctoploids)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of allooctoploid

pluralallooctoploids

Origin of allooctoploid

From allo- + octoploid.

Words formed from allooctoploid

  • autoallooctoploid

Questions about allooctoploid

What does allooctoploid mean?
Allooctoploid means having eight sets of chromosomes, four from each parent.
What part of speech is allooctoploid?
Allooctoploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near allooctoploid in the dictionary

  1. allonymously
  2. allonyms
  3. allonymy
  4. alloo
  5. alloocimene
  6. allooctoploid
  7. allooctoploids
  8. allooed
  9. allooing
  10. alloos
  11. allopalladium

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