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Sprague Dawley

Sprague Dawley noun: a kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

Noun

Sprague Dawley (plural Sprague Dawleys)

  1. A kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.

Forms of Sprague Dawley

pluralSprague Dawleys

Origin of Sprague Dawley

First produced by the Sprague-Dawley farms in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1925.

Questions about Sprague Dawley

What does Sprague Dawley mean?
Sprague Dawley means a kind of outbred albino rat used in medical and nutritional research.
What part of speech is Sprague Dawley?
Sprague Dawley is a noun.
What is the plural of Sprague Dawley?
The plural of Sprague Dawley is Sprague Dawleys.

Words near Sprague Dawley in the dictionary

  1. spraggers
  2. spragging
  3. Spraggs
  4. sprags
  5. Sprague
  6. Sprague Dawley
  7. Sprague Dawleys
  8. Sprague's pipit
  9. Sprague-Grundy theorem
  10. spraickle
  11. spraickled

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