Term: operator gene: a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 1
Candidate hypernym: adjournment: the termination of a meeting → 0
Candidate hypernym: earth color: a colored mineral used as a pigment → 0
Candidate hypernym: deerberry: small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer → 0
Candidate hypernym: right whale: large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: parameter: a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data → 0
Candidate hypernym: mother: a term of address for an elderly woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: holm oak: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: black vulture: of southern Eurasia and northern Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: fire-eater: a belligerent grouch → 0
Candidate hypernym: gironde: the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution → 0