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amphiploid

amphiploid adjective: having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.

Adjective

amphiploid (not comparable)

  1. Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.

Noun

amphiploid (plural amphiploids)

  1. Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.

Forms of amphiploid

pluralamphiploids

Origin of amphiploid

From amphi- + -ploid.

Questions about amphiploid

What does amphiploid mean?
Amphiploid means having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
What part of speech is amphiploid?
Amphiploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near amphiploid in the dictionary

  1. amphiplasties
  2. amphiplasty
  3. amphiplatian
  4. amphiplaty
  5. amphiplatyan
  6. amphiploid
  7. amphiploids
  8. amphiploidy
  9. amphipod
  10. amphipodan
  11. amphipodiform

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