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Andromeda strains

Andromeda strains is the plural of Andromeda strain.

Meaning of Andromeda strain

Noun

Andromeda strain (plural Andromeda strains)

  1. Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.
    • Trout are important to those of us who enjoy angling, but trout are unimportant if this Andromeda Strain of destruction without replacement—which began more than 200 years ago and burgeoned in the twentieth century—continues.1977, Frank Woolner, Trout Hunting, page 215

Questions about Andromeda strains

What is Andromeda strains the plural of?
Andromeda strains is the plural of Andromeda strain.

Words near Andromeda strains in the dictionary

  1. andrology
  2. Andromache
  3. andromeda
  4. Andromeda Galaxy
  5. Andromeda strain
  6. Andromeda strains
  7. Andromedan
  8. Andromedans
  9. andromedas
  10. Andromedid
  11. Andromedids

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