WEDGEBILL

Wedge"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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