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Heteroploid has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.

Adjective
1

Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.

See Also
number haploid diploid species chromosome heteroploidy organism
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organism
Rhyming Words
oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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