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haplont

haplont noun: any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).

Noun

haplont (plural haplonts)

  1. Any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).
    • The behavior of haplont Nicotiana glutinosa is in harmony with the foregoing facts. […] The occurrence of diploid cells in the callus of decapitated haplonts may be attributed to causes similar to those resulting in diploid cells in proximal callus.1933, John Milton Webber, Cytological Features of Nicotiana Glucinosa Haplonts, M. C. Merrill (editorial supervisor), Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 47, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page...
    • It is thus an amphimictic haplont, but clonal selling gives progeny identical among themselves and with their parents.1988, Graham Bell, Sex and Death in Protozoa: The History of Obsession, Cambridge University Press, page 12

haplont meaning in Tamil

haplont in Tamil

ஒருமடியவுயிர்

Forms of haplont

pluralhaplonts

Origin of haplont

From haplo- + -ont, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).

Questions about haplont

What does haplont mean?
Haplont means any haplontic organism; any organism whose zygotes undergo zygotic meiosis (meiosis immediately after the fusion of cell nuclei).
What is haplont in Tamil?
Haplont in Tamil is ஒருமடியவுயிர். See Haplont meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is haplont?
Haplont is a noun.
What is the plural of haplont?
The plural of haplont is haplonts.

Words near haplont in the dictionary

  1. haplonema
  2. haplonemas
  3. haploneme
  4. haplonemes
  5. haplons
  6. haplont
  7. haplontic
  8. haplonts
  9. haploperox
  10. haploperoxes
  11. haplophase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haplont (page history and authors); haplont (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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