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amphiploid

American  
[am-fuh-ploid] / ˈæm fəˌplɔɪd /

noun

  1. a hybrid organism having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parental species.

Etymology

Origin of amphiploid

First recorded in 1940–45; amphi- + -ploid

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