n.
Pronunciation: ' he-t ə -r ə - ˌ plo ̇ id
Function: adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: 1926
: having a chromosome number that deviates from and is not an integral multiple of the number characteristic of a given species
– heteroploid noun
– het · ero · ploi · dy \ - ˌ plo ̇ i-d ē \ noun