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mousepox

or mouse pox

[ mous-poks ]

/ ˈmaʊsˌpɒks /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

ectromelia(def 2).

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Origin of mousepox

First recorded in 1945–50; mouse + pox

Words nearby mousepox

mousebird, mousefish, mousehole, mousemat, mouseover, mousepox, mouser, mousetail, mousetrap, mousey, mousing

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