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haplodiploid.

In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera

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Meaning & usage

adj

  1. In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid.

noun

  1. Such an organism

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid.

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