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w chromosome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
w chro-mo-some
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The smaller chromosome that has fewer genes, in the ZW system.

Inflected Forms

W chromosomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Z chromosome

Questions

What does w chromosome mean?
The smaller chromosome that has fewer genes, in the ZW system.

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