quadrinucleate

quadrinucleate

English

Etymology

quadri- +‎ nucleate

Adjective

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, volume 9, DOI:10.3897/CompCytogen.v9i3.4930:

     As a result of meiosis, quadrinucleate spermatids are formed, but only the nuclei of maternal origin produce sperm (Fig. 3).

Noun

quadrinucleate (plural quadrinucleates)

1. A cell that has four nuclei.