polyploidal
World English Dictionary
polyploid (ˈpɒlɪˌplɔɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than twice the basic (haploid) number of chromosomes |
| —n | |
| 2. | an individual or cell of this type |
| poly'ploidal | |
| —adj | |
| poly'ploidic | |
| —adj | |
| 'polyploidy | |
| —n | |
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Polyploidal
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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