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allele

al.lele \*-'le-(*)l\ \-'le--kik, -'lel-ik\ \-'le-(*)l-.iz-*m, -'lel-.iz-\ n 
   [G allel, short for allelomorph] 1: either of a pair of alternative 
   Mendelian characters  2: a gene that is the vehicle of an allele  - 
   al.le.lic aj