fowl pox

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

a virus disease of chickens and other birds characterized by warty excrescences on the comb and wattles, and often by diphtherialike changes in the mucous membranes of the head.

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First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Also called avian diphtheria, avian pox.

Origin of fowl pox

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby fowl pox

fowling, fowling piece, fowl mite, fowl paralysis, fowl pest, fowl pox, fowl typhoid, fox, foxberry, fox bolt, Foxborough

Example sentences from the Web for fowl pox

It is a multimillion-dollar business in which roughly 15 million fowl die a year.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Indeed the earliest vaccinations against small pox were done 1,000 years ago in China.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World|Kent Sepkowitz|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like all fowl, turkeys tend to go quiet when held upside down.
Confessions of a Turkey Killer|Tom Sykes|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They had planned dinners together every night and ate guinea fowl, duck and other “interesting” dishes.
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He stirred the smoldering ashes till the broiled fowl began to sizzle afresh.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Water-fowl that had not moved at the first alarm now sprang in myriads from reeds and sedges, and darkened the very air.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Then there was the cholera that came in the night to the village by the bridge-works; and after the cholera smote the small-pox.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The Chinese esteem it as a great delicacy and mix it with fowl and vegetables.
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