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redwater fever

redwater fever noun: a kind of fever borne by ticks, especially in cattle.

Noun

redwater fever (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of fever borne by ticks, especially in cattle.
    • While cattle can develop an immunity to babesiosis, in nonimmune cattle the destruction of the blood cells by the merozoites releases hemoglobin, resulting in the characteristic red urin (and feces) associated w ith Texas fever, also called redwater or redwater fever, murrain, spenetic fever...2010, Claire Strom, Making Catfish Bait Out of Government Boys: The Fight Against Cattle Ticks and the Transformation of the Yeoman South
    Synonyms:
    Texas fever

Synonyms of redwater fever

Questions about redwater fever

What does redwater fever mean?
Redwater fever means a kind of fever borne by ticks, especially in cattle.
What part of speech is redwater fever?
Redwater fever is a noun.

Words near redwater fever in the dictionary

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  2. redwashed
  3. redwashes
  4. redwashing
  5. redwater
  6. redwater fever
  7. redway
  8. redways
  9. redweed
  10. redweeds
  11. Redwine

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