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Treasure.
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The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
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Race; lineage, pedigree.
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Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
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There is a strain of madness in her family.
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A tendency or disposition.
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Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
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A particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.
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They say this year's flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
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A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
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A kind or sort (of person etc.).
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Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened.