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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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