noun🔗ShareA handbell used for summoning monks."The abbot rang the codon sharply, signaling the monks to assemble for evening prayer. "religionsoundutensilbell-ringingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet."The trumpet's codon, gleaming brass in the sunlight, amplified the musician's final note. "musicpartsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation."The genetic code uses each codon, a three-letter sequence on the mRNA, to specify which amino acid should be added when building a protein, like following instructions in a recipe. "biologybiochemistrysciencemedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
