-ploid
a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:
hexaploid.
-ploid
combining form, combining form
indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes diploid
derived forms
-ploidy, combining_form:in_noun:countable
word origin
from greek -pl(oos) -fold + -oid
-ploid suff.
having or being a number of chromosomes that has a specified relationship to, or is a multiple of, the basic number of chromosomes of a group: heteroploid.
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- -pnoea
variant of -pnea.
- -pod
a combining form meaning “one having a foot” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often corresponding to neo-latin cl-ss names ending in -poda, with -pod, used in english to name a single member of such a cl-ss: cephalopod. compare -ped. -pod combining form indicating a certain type or number of feet […]
- -poda
a combining form meaning “those having feet” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in the names of cl-sses in zoology: cephalopoda. compare -pod.
- -pode
variant of -podium: pseudopode. -pod combining form indicating a certain type or number of feet arthropod, tripod word origin from greek -podos footed, from pous foot