piwi (English, noun)
expansion: piwi (plural piwis)
Senses:
topics: biology
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glosses: A class of genes originally identified as encoding regulatory proteins responsible for maintaining incomplete differentiation in stem cells and maintaining the stability of cell division rates in germline cells.
tags: attributive
glosses: a small Australian magpie lark, also known as a Murray magpie.
Forms:
form: piwis
tags: plural