Codons

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA handbell used for summoning monks.

2.nounThe "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

3.nounA sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

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