English Explanatory Dictionary

alien nucleic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any nucleic acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose, that could form the basis of extraterrestrial carbon-based life.

Word forms

alien nucleic acid alien nucleic acids
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