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Noun: heteroploid  'he-tu-row,ployd
  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species

Derived forms: heteroploids

Type of: being, organism

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Heteromyidae
heteronomous
heteronomy
heteronym
heterophil antibody
heterophil test
heterophile antibody
heterophony
heterophyllous
heteroplasty
heteroploid
heteroploidy
Heteroptera
heteropterous insect
Heteroscelus
Heteroscelus incanus
heterosexism
heterosexual
heterosexual person
heterosexualism
heterosexuality