Usually means: Three nucleotides encoding one amino acid.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (codon)

noun:  A handbell used for summoning monks.
noun:  The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.
noun:  (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.

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