| ADJECTIVE | all | polyploid | of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes |
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| NOUN | animal | polyploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes |
| Meaning | Of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes. | |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Narrower | triploid | Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes |
| Opposite | diploid | Of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number |
| haploid, haploidic, monoploid | Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | |
| Spanish | poliploide | |
| Catalan | poliploide | |
| Nouns | polyploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes |
| Meaning | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes. | |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Broader | organism, being | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| Spanish | poliploide | |
| Catalan | poliploide, poliploïdia | |
| Adjectives | polyploid | of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes |
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