merodiploid

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English

Etymology

From mero- +‎ diploid.

Adjective

merodiploid (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Partially diploid (having a second copy of only part of its genome)

Noun

merodiploid (plural merodiploids)

  1. Such an organism