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herdwide

herdwide adjective: throughout a herd.

Adjective

herdwide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a herd.
    • The first solution — the least likely to be acceptable in the hog industry — is to ban the wholesale, herdwide use of antibiotics.2007 September 18, “Antibiotic Runoff”, in New York Times

Origin of herdwide

From herd + -wide.

Questions about herdwide

What does herdwide mean?
Herdwide means throughout a herd.
What part of speech is herdwide?
Herdwide is an adjective.

Words near herdwide in the dictionary

  1. Herdt
  2. herdthink
  3. Herdts
  4. Herdwick
  5. Herdwicks
  6. herdwide
  7. here
  8. here and now
  9. here and there
  10. here and yonder
  11. here be dragons

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