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bumblefoot

[ buhm-buhl-foot ]
/ ˈbʌm bəlˌfʊt /
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noun Veterinary Pathology.
a swelling, sometimes purulent, of the ball of the foot in fowl.
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Origin of bumblefoot

First recorded in 1860–65; bumble1 + foot
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bumble-foot

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