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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nucleolus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The nucleus within a nucleus; nucleolus.
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- noun Alternative form of
nucleolus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
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