Term: operon: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: identifier: a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it → 0
Candidate hypernym: diagonalization: changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) → 0
Candidate hypernym: parrot's beak: evergreen shrub with scarlet to white clawlike or beaklike flowers; New Zealand → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground squirrel: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonacceptance: the act of refusing an offer → 0
Candidate hypernym: spike: (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis → 0
Candidate hypernym: pesticide: a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus albizia: large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics → 0
Candidate hypernym: unoriginality: the quality of being unoriginal → 0
Candidate hypernym: tie rod: either of two rods that link the steering gear to the front wheels → 0