hap·loid (hăp'loid')
adj.

1. Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell or half as many as a somatic cell.
2. Having a single set of chromosomes.

n.
An organism having haploid cells.

[From Greek haplous, single + -OID.]

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