swine fever
noun Veterinary Pathology.
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
Origin of swine fever
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Examples 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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