brachyury

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noun

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

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounbrachyury (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe presence of an abnormally short tail in some animals as a result of a genetic mutation.
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