haplodipˈloid adjective (biology)

Denoting a species in which one sex has haploid cells and the other has diploid cells

haplodipˈloidy noun

haplography /hap-logˈrə-fi/ noun

The inadvertent writing once of what should have been written twice

hapˈloid adjective (biology)

Having the reduced number of chromosomes characteristic of the species in question, as in germ cells, opp to diploid

haploidˈy noun

haplolˈogy noun

Omission in an utterance of a word of a sound resembling a neighbouring sound (as idolatry for idololatry)

hapˈlont noun (Gr on, ontos, prp of einai to be; biology)

An organism in which only the gametes are haploid, meiosis occurring at their formation and the vegetative cells being diploid, opp to diplont

haplonˈtic adjective

haplostēˈmonous adjective (Gr stēmōn thread; botany)

With one whorl of stamens

hap'lotype noun (genetics)

A set of linked alleles inherited by an individual from a single parent