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jungle fever

jungle fever noun: any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.

Noun

jungle fever (uncountable)

  1. Any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.
    • Thuran, down with an attack of jungle fever, lay in the shelter among the branches of their tree of refuge.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 181
  2. (derogatory, slang) Attraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of West, Central, East or Southern African descent.
    Synonyms:
    black fever

Synonyms of jungle fever

Questions about jungle fever

What does jungle fever mean?
Jungle fever means any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria.
What part of speech is jungle fever?
Jungle fever is a noun.

Words near jungle fever in the dictionary

  1. jungle cocks
  2. jungle crow
  3. jungle crows
  4. jungle curry
  5. jungle drums
  6. jungle fever
  7. jungle fowl
  8. jungle fowls
  9. jungle glories
  10. jungle glory
  11. jungle green

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