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codominant

UK/kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/

codominant adjective: equally dominant.

Adjective

codominant (not comparable)

  1. Equally dominant.
    • codominant species in a region
  2. Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
    • A and B are ‘co-dominant’ versions of the same gene, O being the ‘recessive’ form of it.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 137

Noun

codominant (plural codominants)

  1. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.
    • Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station

Forms of codominant

Adjective
alternative formco-dominant
Noun
pluralcodominants

Origin of codominant

From co- + dominant.

Questions about codominant

What does codominant mean?
Codominant means equally dominant.
What part of speech is codominant?
Codominant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce codominant?
Codominant is pronounced /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/ (UK).

Words near codominant in the dictionary

  1. codomain
  2. codomains
  3. Codomannus
  4. codomestication
  5. codominance
  6. codominant
  7. codominantly
  8. codominants
  9. codominate
  10. codominated
  11. codominates

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