octad
oc·tad
(ok'tad), 2. An octavalent element or radical.
[L. octo, eight]
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octad
the eight ascospores contained in a fungal ASCUS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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