diploid /(dĭp"loid)/
dip·loid
diploid
n.
- A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron. (Crystallog.)
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a cell or organism having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; a diploid cell or organism. (Biol.)
A: I'm not interested in diploids. B: Oh, how I wish your parents had felt the same way!
diploid
a.
- having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; having double the basic number of chromosomes, as seen in a haploid cell. Contrasted to haploid and polyploid. (Biol.)