quadrinucleate

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adjective

Having four nuclei.

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Meanings

adjectivequadrinucleate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving four nuclei.

    As a result of meiosis, quadrinucleate spermatids are formed, but only the nuclei of maternal origin produce sperm (Fig. 3).

    2015 July 9, Ilya A. Gavrilov-Zimin, Andrey V. Stekolshchikov, D.C. Gautam, “General trends of chromosomal evolution in Aphidococca (Insecta, Homoptera, Aphidinea + Coccinea)”, in Comparative Cytogenetics, volume 9, →DOI
nounquadrinucleate (plural quadrinucleates)

plural quadrinucleates

  1. A cell that has four nuclei.

Origin

From quadri- + nucleate.

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APA

quadrinucleate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadrinucleate

MLA

“quadrinucleate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadrinucleate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quadrinucleate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quadrinucleate.

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