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cowpock

cowpock is the obsolete form of cowpox.

Meaning of cowpox

Noun

cowpox (usually uncountable, plural cowpoxes)

  1. (usually) A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by a virus of species Orthopoxvirus cowpox, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
    Synonyms:
    kine-pox

Forms of cowpock

pluralcowpocks

Origin of cowpock

From cow + pock.

Questions about cowpock

What is cowpock the obsolete form of?
Cowpock is the obsolete form of cowpox.

Words near cowpock in the dictionary

  1. cowping
  2. cowpiss
  3. Cowplain
  4. cowplop
  5. cowplops
  6. cowpock
  7. cowpocks
  8. cowpoke
  9. cowpokes
  10. cowponies
  11. cowpony

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowpock (page history and authors); cowpox (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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