BEADLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services
   Hypernyms(s) beadle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • official (what does official mean?)
   • functionary (what does functionary mean?)
2. Meaning
   • United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
   Synonym(s)
   • George Beadle (what does George Beadle mean?)
   • George Wells Beadle (what does George Wells Beadle mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Beadle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • biologist (what does biologist mean?)
   • life scientist (what does life scientist mean?)