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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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