sod disease

noun

vet science a disease of poultry characterized by blisters and scabs on the feet and legs

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Word Origin for sod disease

from prairie sods that the birds walked on in the US when the disease was first reported in 1920

Words nearby sod disease

socratic, socratic irony, socratic method, socred, sod, sod disease, sod house, sod off, sod's law, soda, soda ash
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