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duck sickness — n a highly destructive form of botulism affecting esp. wild ducks in areas of the western U.S. in which drought has caused decay of aquatic vegetation thereby permitting excessive multiplication of a form of botulinum bacterium (Clostridium… … Medical dictionary
duck sickness — noun : a highly destructive form of botulism affecting especially wild ducks in areas of the western United States in which drought has caused decay of aquatic vegetation thereby permitting excessive multiplication of botulinus bacteria… … Useful english dictionary
alkali disease — noun Etymology: so called from the belief that it was caused by alkaline water 1. : trembles of cattle compare milk sickness 2. : botulism of ducks compare duck sickness 3. : chronic selenosis * * * alkali disease, U.S. a disease of livestock,… … Useful english dictionary
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