HETEROPLOID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("heteroploid" 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)

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