Diploid

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1. Noun

A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

2. Noun

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
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