swine fever

noun Veterinary Pathology.

hog cholera.

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Origin of swine fever

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby swine fever

swindle sheet, swindled, swindon, swine, swine erysipelas, swine fever, swine flu, swine influenza, swine plague, swine vesicular disease, swine's cress
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Example sentences from the Web for swine fever

  • We are having a grand lambing season, but there's a nasty spread of swine-fever, and the whole country's papered with handbills.

    My Friend Prospero|Henry Harland

British Dictionary definitions for swine fever

swine fever

noun

an infectious viral disease of pigs, characterized by fever, refusal to eat, weight loss, and diarrhoeaUS term: hog cholera
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