HOOF-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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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 ("hoof-and-mouth disease" is a kind of...):

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

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