HAPLONTIC

Adjective

haplontic (not comparable)

(biology) Describing an organism that is haploid for most of its life cycle but that briefly has a diploid zygote

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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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