Fountainhead

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spring that is the source of a river. literally
  2. 2
    an abundant source wordnet
  3. 3
    An abundant source of knowledge, etc. figuratively
  4. 4
    the source of water from which a stream arises wordnet

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wellfontfountfountainheadhead

Example

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"Some bat species are well-known reservoirs of the coronavirus family and leading candidates for SARS-CoV-2 fountainhead."

Etymology

From fountain + head.

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