Meaning

2 senses
  1. A large bacterial replicon that contains core genes outside of the main chromosome.

  2. One of the Chromidae, a family of freshwater fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa.

Origin

Blend of chromosome + plasmid.

Blend of chromosome + plasmid.

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Forms

plural: chromids
Singularchromid
Pluralchromids

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chromid — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto