codon

/ˈkəʊdɒn/

noun

  1. 1

    A handbell used for summoning monks.

  2. 2

    The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

noun

  1. 1

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

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