| NOUN | body | homeotic gene | one the genes that are involved in embryologic development |
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| Meaning | One the genes that are involved in embryologic development. | |
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| Narrower | homeobox, homeobox gene | One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development |
| Broader | gene, cistron, factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain |
| Catalan | gen homeòtic | |
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