Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

polyploid

poly.ploid \'pa:l-i-.plo.id\ \.pa:l-i-'plo.id-ik\ \'pa:l-i-.plo.id-e-\ aj 
   [ISV] : manifold in appearance or arrangement; specif : having or being  a 
   chromosome number that is a multiple greater than two of the monoploid 
   number - poly.ploid n