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FOOT ROT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):

plant disease (a disease that affects plants)

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