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hypodiploid

hypodiploid adjective: having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes.

Adjective

hypodiploid (not comparable)

  1. Having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes

Noun

hypodiploid (plural hypodiploids)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of hypodiploid

pluralhypodiploids

Origin of hypodiploid

From hypo- + diploid.

Questions about hypodiploid

What does hypodiploid mean?
Hypodiploid means having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes.
What part of speech is hypodiploid?
Hypodiploid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hypodiploid in the dictionary

  1. hypodiastoles
  2. hypodicrotic
  3. hypodiegetic
  4. hypodigm
  5. hypodigms
  6. hypodiploid
  7. hypodiploidies
  8. hypodiploids
  9. hypodiploidy
  10. hypodipsia
  11. hypodispersion

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