Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The smallest unit of DNA at which a mutation can occur; a nucleotide.
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- n. the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
mut(ation) + -on1.
Examples
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-- A saddle of muton or double loin is two loins cut off before the carcass is split open down the back.
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He waited our landing, and seeing we were unarmed threw down his muton (so they named the fish-gig) and came readily to us.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant
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