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-ploid (plo̵id)

of or being a (specified) multiple of the basic (haploid) number of chromosomes characteristic of a group of related organisms monoploid

Etymology: < Gr -ploos, -fold + -oid

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  1. ‹ Ploeşti
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  4. ‹ plissé
  5. ‹ plique-à-jour
  6. ‹ Pliofilm
  7. ‹ Pliocene
  8. ‹ plio-
  9. ‹ Pliny
  10. ‹ plinth
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