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TWO-PRONGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does two-pronged mean?
• TWO-PRONGED (adjective)
The adjective TWO-PRONGED has 1 sense:
1. having two prongs
Familiarity information: TWO-PRONGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having two prongs
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Context examples
Scientists say they have almost eradicated populations of the world’s most invasive mosquito species from two test sites in China using a novel two-pronged approach which renders the insects infertile.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
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