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haplont

 
Dictionary: hap·lont   (hăp'lŏnt) pronunciation

n.
An organism that is haploid throughout its life cycle except as a zygote, when it is diploid, as in many algae and fungi.

[Greek haplous, single, simple; see haploid + -ONT.]


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