Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octoploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-to-ploid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

noun

a cell that has eight complete sets of chromosomes

noun

an organism whose cells have eight complete sets of chromosomes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English -ploid English octoploid From octo- + -ploid.

Inflected Forms

octaploid (alternative) octoploids (plural)

Derived Forms

allooctoploid octoploidization octoploidy

Questions

What does octoploid mean?: having eight complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
Where does octoploid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- English -ploid English octoploid From octo- + -ploid.

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