"superdry" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more superdry [comparative], most superdry [superlative]
Etymology: From super- + dry. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|dry}} super- + dry Head templates: {{en-adj}} superdry (comparative more superdry, superlative most superdry)
  1. Extremely dry. Synonyms: super-dry
    Sense id: en-superdry-en-adj-QSKgLBZU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-

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          "text": "Most of the game can still find enough old grass to subsist. But the superdry food and the lack of vitamins cause constipation, and the affected animals are soon so weakened that, after a last visit to a water hole, they will remain there, to wait in the insignificant shade of a gray tamarisk bush for the night, the hyenas, and the inevitable.",
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