Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haplodiploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hap-lodiploid
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera

noun

Such an organism

Example Sentences

"Curiously, female sweat bees, as are most others bees, wasps, and ants in the order Hymenoptera, are haplodiploid organisms, in which fertilized eggs become female young and unfertilized eggs become males."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid.

Inflected Forms

haplodiploids (plural)

Questions

What does haplodiploid mean?: In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera
Where does haplodiploid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- English diploid English haplodiploid From haplo- + diploid.

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