| ALLOTETRAPLOID | • allotetraploid adj. Amphidiploid. • allotetraploid adj. (Genetics) Having four sets of chromosomes derived from different species. • allotetraploid n. Amphidiploid. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| BRACHYPINAKOID | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| CERCOPITHECOID | • cercopithecoid n. (Zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys). • CERCOPITHECOID n. any of several Old World long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus, including the Diana monkey, vervet, and moustached monkey, also CERCOPITHECID. |
| CHLOROPHYLLOID | • CHLOROPHYLLOID adj. of or like chlorophyll, also CHLOROPHYLLOUS. |
| CORTICOSTEROID | • corticosteroid n. (Biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are… • corticosteroid n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure. • CORTICOSTEROID n. any of the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex, also CORTICOID. |
| GALEOPITHECOID | • GALEOPITHECOID adj. like a flying lemur, also GALEOPITHECINE. |
| GLUCOCORTICOID | • glucocorticoid n. (Biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are… • GLUCOCORTICOID n. any of a group of steroid hormones which affect glucose metabolism, having an anti-inflammatory effect. |
| HYDROCEPHALOID | • hydrocephaloid adj. (Medicine) Resembling hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOID adj. suffering from hydrocephalus, an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity. |
| HYPEREUTECTOID | • hypereutectoid adj. Containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. • hypereutectoid n. A hypereutectic alloy. • HYPEREUTECTOID adj. containing the minor component in excess of that contained in the eutectoid. |
| LEPIDODENDROID | • lepidodendroid adj. (Paleontology) Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron. • lepidodendroid n. Alternative form of lepidodendrid. • LEPIDODENDROID n. any of a genus of fossil trees. |
| MICROMETEOROID | • micrometeoroid n. (Astronomy, geology) an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size. • MICROMETEOROID n. a small meteoroid. |
| NEANDERTHALOID | • Neanderthaloid adj. Resembling or characteristic of the extinct Neanderthal species. • NEANDERTHALOID adj. of or like a neanderthaler. |
| PHILANTHROPOID | • philanthropoid n. (Informal) An administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation. • PHILANTHROPOID n. a person who works for a philanthropic organization. |
| VESPERTILIONID | • vespertilionid n. Any of very many bats of the family Vespertilionidae. • VESPERTILIONID adj. belonging to the Vespertilionidae family of insect-eating bats. • VESPERTILIONID n. a member of the Vespertilionidae. |