codon
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈkəʊ.dɒn/
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/ˈkəʊ.dɒn/ · /ˈkoʊ.dɑn/
Definition of codon
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A handbell used for summoning monks.
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noun
- A handbell used for summoning monks.
- The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
- A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
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Etymology
From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).
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