gynander

noun

gy·​nan·​der

plural -s

: a mosaic individual made up of diploid female portions of biparental origin and haploid male portions originating from an extra egg or sperm nucleus

Word History

Etymology

gyn- + -ander (from Greek andr-, anēr)

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