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diplohaplontic

diplohaplontic adjective: having or relating to a life cycle that has alternating haploid and diploid phases.

Adjective

diplohaplontic (not comparable)

  1. Having or relating to a life cycle that has alternating haploid and diploid phases.

Origin of diplohaplontic

From diplo- + haplontic.

Questions about diplohaplontic

What does diplohaplontic mean?
Diplohaplontic means having or relating to a life cycle that has alternating haploid and diploid phases.
What part of speech is diplohaplontic?
Diplohaplontic is an adjective.

Words near diplohaplontic in the dictionary

  1. diplography
  2. diplograptid
  3. diplogyniid
  4. diplogyniids
  5. diplohaplont
  6. diplohaplontic
  7. diplohaplonts
  8. diplohedral
  9. diplohedron
  10. diploic
  11. diploicin

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