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scaly legs

scaly legs noun: a poultry disease affecting the legs.

Noun

scaly legs (uncountable)

  1. A poultry disease affecting the legs.
    • Uncle Jobson was in the fowlhouse, treating with kerosene that infirmity common to poultry known as "scaly legs"'.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 136

Questions about scaly legs

What does scaly legs mean?
Scaly legs means a poultry disease affecting the legs.
What part of speech is scaly legs?
Scaly legs is a noun.

Words near scaly legs in the dictionary

  1. scaly
  2. scaly anteater
  3. scaly anteaters
  4. scaly clam
  5. scaly clams
  6. scaly legs
  7. scaly spleenwort
  8. scaly spleenworts
  9. scaly tetter
  10. scaly thrush
  11. scaly thrushes

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