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MONOPLOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monoploid mean?
• MONOPLOID (adjective)
The adjective MONOPLOID has 1 sense:
1. of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
Familiarity information: MONOPLOID used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
Synonyms:
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
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