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superflus

superflus is the plural of superflu.

Meaning of superflu

Noun

superflu (usually uncountable, plural superflus)

  1. (usually) Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
    • In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.2015 July 23, Sloane Crosley, “It’s the End of the World as She Knows It”, in New York Times

Questions about superflus

What is superflus the plural of?
Superflus is the plural of superflu.

Words near superflus in the dictionary

  1. superfluousities
  2. superfluousity
  3. superfluously
  4. superfluousness
  5. superfluousnesses
  6. superflus
  7. superflux
  8. superfluxes
  9. superfly
  10. superflyweight
  11. superflywheel

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