quadrinucleate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quadri- +‎ nucleate

Adjective[edit]

quadrinucleate (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Having four nuclei.
    • 2015 July 9, Ilya A. Gavrilov-Zimin, Andrey V. Stekolshchikov, D.C. Gautam, “General trends of chromosomal evolution in Aphidococca (Insecta, Homoptera, Aphidinea + Coccinea)”, in Comparative Cytogenetics‎[1], volume 9, →DOI:
      As a result of meiosis, quadrinucleate spermatids are formed, but only the nuclei of maternal origin produce sperm (Fig. 3).

Noun[edit]

quadrinucleate (plural quadrinucleates)

  1. A cell that has four nuclei.
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