Haploid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell or half as many as a somatic cell.
  • adj. Having a single set of chromosomes.
  • n. An organism having haploid cells.
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  • adj. Of a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, such as a gamete.
  • n. A cell which is haploid; an organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. having half the number of chromosomes normally present in somatic cells; having only one chromosome of each type, and therefore having only one complete set of genes; Contrasted with diploid and polyploid. See also diploid.
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  • adj. of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
  • n. (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
    • Antonym
    diploid    polyploid   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    being    organism   
    Cross Reference
    diploid    monoploid    polyploid    tetraploid    triploid   
    Variant
    diploid   
    Form
    haplodic    haploidy   
    Same Context
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