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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

z chromosome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
z chro-mo-some
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The larger chromosome that has more genes, in the ZW system.

Inflected Forms

Z chromosomes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

W chromosome

Questions

What does z chromosome mean?
The larger chromosome that has more genes, in the ZW system.

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