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swamp cancer

swamp cancer noun: synonym of pythiosis.

Noun

swamp cancer (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of pythiosis.
    • "But you can't ride a horse."
      "I can ride old Walleye."
      "But he's got the swamp-cancer. He's dying, Daddy. He's nearly dead."1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 129
    • The horses—"brumbies," in Australian—stand hock-deep in water and develop swamp cancer: tumorlike, pustulant growths on their legs and bellies and noses.2010, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “The Vanishing Point”, in The Best American Series: 20 Short Stories and Essays, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2012, page 115
    Synonyms:
    pythiosis

Synonyms of swamp cancer

Questions about swamp cancer

What does swamp cancer mean?
Swamp cancer means synonym of pythiosis.
What part of speech is swamp cancer?
Swamp cancer is a noun.

Words near swamp cancer in the dictionary

  1. swamp beacons
  2. swamp beggar-ticks
  3. swamp blues
  4. swamp boat
  5. swamp boats
  6. swamp cancer
  7. swamp cat
  8. swamp cats
  9. swamp chestnut oak
  10. swamp chestnut oaks
  11. swamp cicada

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