Webster's English Dictionary

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diploid

1. dip.loid \'dip-.lo.id\ \-.lo.id-e-\ aj : double or twofold in appearance 
   or arrangement; esp : having th e basic chromosome number doubled - 
   dip.loi.dy n
2. diploid n 1: a diploid cell  2: an individual or generation 
   characterized by the diploid chromosome numb er