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oligoploid

oligoploid adjective: having a few more than the usual number of sets of chromosomes in each cell.

Adjective

oligoploid (not comparable)

  1. Having a few more than the usual number of sets of chromosomes in each cell

Origin of oligoploid

From oligo- + -ploid.

Questions about oligoploid

What does oligoploid mean?
Oligoploid means having a few more than the usual number of sets of chromosomes in each cell.
What part of speech is oligoploid?
Oligoploid is an adjective.

Words near oligoploid in the dictionary

  1. oligophyte
  2. oligopithecid
  3. oligopithecids
  4. oligopithecine
  5. oligoplastic
  6. oligoploid
  7. oligopnea
  8. oligopolic
  9. oligopolies
  10. oligopolism
  11. oligopolisms

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