HAPLOID

haploid, haploidic, monoploid

(adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes

haploid

(noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

haploid (not comparable)

(cytology, of a cell) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Noun

haploid (plural haploids)

A cell which is haploid.

An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Anagrams

• alphoid

Source: Wiktionary



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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