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Adjective: haploid  'hap,loyd
  1. (genetics) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes
    - haploidic, monoploid
Noun: haploid  'hap,loyd
  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

Derived forms: haploids

Type of: being, organism

Encyclopedia: Haploid

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hapax legomenon
ha'penny
haphazard
haphazardly
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Haphtarah
Haphtorah
hapless
haplessly
haplo-
haploid
haploidic
haploidy
haplology
Haplopappus
Haplopappus acaulis
Haplopappus phyllocephalus
Haplopappus spinulosus
Haplosporidia
haplosporidian
haplotype