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brachyury

brachyury noun: the presence of an abnormally short tail in some animals as a result of a genetic mutation.

Noun

brachyury (uncountable)

  1. The presence of an abnormally short tail in some animals as a result of a genetic mutation.

Questions about brachyury

What does brachyury mean?
Brachyury means the presence of an abnormally short tail in some animals as a result of a genetic mutation.
What part of speech is brachyury?
Brachyury is a noun.

Words near brachyury in the dictionary

  1. brachyuran
  2. brachyuranic
  3. brachyurans
  4. brachyuric
  5. brachyurous
  6. brachyury
  7. braciform
  8. bracing
  9. bracing aback
  10. bracing about
  11. bracing by

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