FOWL PEST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fowl pest" is a kind of...):

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

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