| ALLOPOLYPLOID | • allopolyploid adj. (Genetics) Having multiple complete sets of chromosomes derived from different species. • allopolyploid n. (Biology) Such an organism. • ALLOPOLYPLOID n. a polyploid having a chromosome set composed of chromosome derived from different species. |
| APOSTROPHISED | • apostrophised v. Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophise. • APOSTROPHISE v. to address an inanimate object, also APOSTROPHIZE. |
| APOSTROPHIZED | • apostrophized v. Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize. • APOSTROPHIZE v. to address by or in apostrophe, also APOSTROPHISE. |
| AUTOPOLYPLOID | • autopolyploid adj. (Genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling. • autopolyploid n. Any organism of this kind. • AUTOPOLYPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of more than two complete copies of the genome of a single ancestral species. |
| CEPHALOPODANS | • CEPHALOPODAN n. any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, that includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus, also CEPHALOPOD. |
| CEPHALOPODOUS | • cephalopodous adj. (Zoology) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. • CEPHALOPODOUS adj. of or like a cephalopod, also CEPHALOPODIC. |
| DEOPPILATIONS | • deoppilations n. Plural of deoppilation. • DEOPPILATION n. the act of deoppilating, freeing from obstruction. |
| DEPOPULATIONS | • depopulations n. Plural of depopulation. • DEPOPULATION n. the act of depopulating. |
| DIAPHOTOTROPY | • DIAPHOTOTROPY n. the state of being diaphototropic, turning transversely to the light. |
| OVERPOPULATED | • overpopulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate. • overpopulated adj. Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PAEDOMORPHISM | • paedomorphism n. Alternative spelling of pedomorphism. • PAEDOMORPHISM n. retention in the adult of infantile or juvenile characters, also PAEDOMORPHOSIS. |
| PAEDOTROPHIES | • PAEDOTROPHY n. the art of rearing children. |
| POLYADELPHOUS | • polyadelphous adj. (Botany) Having stamens combined in more than two groups. • POLYADELPHOUS adj. of stamens, united in several bundles; having the stamens so united. |
| PSEUDOCARPOUS | • PSEUDOCARPOUS adj. of or like a pseudocarp. |
| REAPPORTIONED | • reapportioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of reapportion. • REAPPORTION v. to apportion (as a house of representatives) anew. |