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FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
Synonyms:
foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("foot-and-mouth disease" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)