n. [ A humorous variation on the term amber mutation. ] (Microbiology, Molecular biology) A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA. Such a mutation may be conditionally suppressed, as can an amber mutation, by the presence of a special transfer RNA. --
a. Ocherous.
n. [ Obs. ] See Occamy. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; disturbance, fr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
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prop. n. A natural family of mammals including pikas and extinct forms.
a. Ocherous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) See Ocher. [ 1913 Webster ]