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xy system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
xy sys-tem
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The system that determines the sex of humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila), and some plants (Ginkgo), in which females have two of the same kind of sex cell (XX) and males have two distinct sex cells (XY).

Phrases

ZW system X0 system

Frequently Paired Words

ZW system X0 system

Synonyms

XX-XY system

Questions

What does xy system mean?
The system that determines the sex of humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila), and some plants (Ginkgo), in which females have two of the same kind of sex cell (XX) and males have two distinct sex cells (XY).

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