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POLYPLOID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("polyploid" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

polyploid (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes

Example:

a polyploid species

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

triploid (of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Antonym:

diploid (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number)

haploid (of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes)

Derivation:

polyploid ((genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)

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