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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of numerous organisms, such as many fungi and protozoans, that are haploid except during the zygote stage.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek haploos, single, simple; see haploid + –ont.]

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