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Where does “uninucleated” come from?

uninucleated (English) comes from English uni, from Japanese 雲丹 — the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...

uninucleated (English): Having a single nucleus

Definitions

  1. Having a single nucleus

Ancestry of “uninucleated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniUniversity; Sea urchin eaten as sushi
2Japanese雲丹the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...
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