Haplodiploid Definition

hăplō-dĭploid
adjective
Of or relating to a system of sexual determination in which diploid females develop from fertilized eggs and haploid males develop from unfertilized eggs, as in most hymenopterans, such as ants and bees, and certain other invertebrates.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
A haplodiploid organism or species.
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Other Word Forms of Haplodiploid

Noun

Singular:
haplodiploid
Plural:
haplodiploids

Origin of Haplodiploid

  • From Greek haploos single haploid diploos double diploid –oid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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HHAHAP

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DIDOID

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