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Diploid vs Digyny - What's the difference?

diploid | digyny |

As an adjective diploid

is diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome).

As a noun digyny is

(biology) the fertilization of a diploid ovum by a monoploid sperm, resulting in a triploid zygote.

diploid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (cytology) Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
  • (crystallography) Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.

    • Derived terms

    * diploidy

    See also

    * haploid * polyploid * tetraploid * triploid

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cell which is diploid.
  • An organism with diploid cells.

    • digyny

    English

    (wikipedia digyny)

    Alternative forms

    * digynia

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The fertilization of a diploid ovum by a monoploid sperm, resulting in a triploid zygote.

    • Related terms

    * digynous