heterotetraploid

adjective

tetraploid but whose strands are not all the same

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Meanings

adjectiveheterotetraploid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologytetraploid but whose strands are not all the same
nounheterotetraploid (plural heterotetraploids)

plural heterotetraploids

  1. A cell or organism that has such chromosomes

Origin

From hetero- + tetraploid.

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APA

heterotetraploid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterotetraploid

MLA

“heterotetraploid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterotetraploid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heterotetraploid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heterotetraploid.

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