name
Meaning 1
A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
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Standard Lemma guide
Brattleboro
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noun
Meaning 2
A kind of rat used in medical research, having a naturally-occurring genetic mutation that prevents it from producing vasopressin.
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noun
Meaning 3
a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River
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Broader terms: town
History
Etymology
From Brattle + -boro, named after Major-General William Brattle.
The strain was developed by Henry Schroeder and technician Tim Vinton in West Brattleboro, Vermont, beginning in 1961, for Dartmouth Medical School.