"HBD" meaning in English

See HBD in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} HBD (not comparable)
  1. Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-HBD-en-adj-nIdYE-yb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 10 17 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 30 29 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 41 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 40 3 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} HBD (uncountable)
  1. Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-HBD-en-noun-nIdYE-yb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 10 17 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 30 29 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 41 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 40 3 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} HBD (uncountable)
  1. Initialism of human biodiversity. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: human biodiversity
    Sense id: en-HBD-en-noun--CFN9IWa Categories (other): English words spelled without vowels, Pseudoscience Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 30 29 19 22 Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 16 10 58 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0 0 0

Phrase

Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} HBD
  1. (Internet slang, email, text messaging) Abbreviation of happy birthday. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: happy birthday Related terms: HB [alternative]
    Sense id: en-HBD-en-phrase-HxnqbRN- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 10 17 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 30 29 19 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 41 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 40 3 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Racism Disambiguation of Racism: 0 0 0 0
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