hypodiploid

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English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ diploid.

Adjective

hypodiploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Having fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes

Noun

hypodiploid (plural hypodiploids)

  1. Such an organism