bumblefoot

[ buhm-buhl-foot ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.
  1. a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.

Origin of bumblefoot

1
First recorded in 1860–65; bumble1 + foot

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British Dictionary definitions for bumble-foot

bumble-foot

noun
  1. vet science an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection

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