Des Moines resident Crossword Clue

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Des Moines resident Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a native or resident of Iowa

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RESIDENT (adjective)
1. used of animals that do not migrate
RESIDENT (noun)
1. a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
2. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
DES (noun)
1. a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
2. synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy

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