fowl pest

fowl pest
noun
either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
Hypernyms: ↑animal disease

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noun

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n. either of two similar viral diseases of poultry
Newcastle disease
fowl plague

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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