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What is transfer RNA?

What is transfer RNA? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A short-chain version of RNA that transfers individual amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis.
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Among the 112 unique genes, we identified 79, 29, and 4 protein-coding, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA genes, respectively.
This conclusion was reached prior to the discovery of messenger RNA, transfer RNA, or the mechanism of translation.
The gene for the leusine transfer RNA from the chloroplast genome was amplified using polymerase chain reaction.
Codon bias allows mRNA transcripts to be translated more quickly and accurately through efficient use of the transfer RNA pool.
Of these, a few are transcribed, including clusters of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, and histone genes.
Three main classes of RNAs involved in protein synthesis include messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA.

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