Word: haplodiploid
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: hap
lo
di
ploid
Definition: In which members of one sex are haploid and members of the other are diploid; found especially in the Hymenoptera
Morphemes:
Affix: haplo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: haploid; an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἁ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
Meaning: one, same
Affix: -πλόος
Language: grc
Decoded: -ploos
Meaning: -fold
Affix: diplo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: double
Etymology Compounds: Affix: δῐ́ς
Language: grc
Decoded: dis
Meaning: twice
Affix: -πλόος
Language: grc
Decoded: -ploos
Meaning: -fold
Affix: -oid
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having the likeness of. Forms adjectives and nouns.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: εἶδος
Language: grc
Decoded: eidos
Meaning: form, appearance
Affix: -ής
Language: grc
Decoded: -es
Meaning: -ής