diplobiont
noun
dip·lo·bi·ont
¦diplō¦bīˌänt,
də̇ˈplōbēˌänt
plural -s
: an organism in which a haploid generation alternates with a usually morphologically dissimilar diploid generation compare diplohaplont
diplobiontic adjective
¦diplōˌbī¦äntik
də̇¦plōbē¦äntik
Word History
Etymology
dipl- + -biont