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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short, standardized nucleotide sequence of an organism's DNA, usually from a mitochondrion or a chloroplast, used in DNA barcoding.
- transitive verb To sequence (a segment of DNA) for use in DNA barcoding.
- transitive verb To identify the species of (a given biological specimen) by means of its DNA barcode.
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