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three-day sickness

three-day sickness noun: bovine ephemeral fever.

Noun

three-day sickness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Bovine ephemeral fever.

Questions about three-day sickness

What does three-day sickness mean?
Three-day sickness means bovine ephemeral fever.
What part of speech is three-day sickness?
Three-day sickness is a noun.

Words near three-day sickness in the dictionary

  1. three-cornered jacks
  2. three-cueing
  3. three-D
  4. three-day fever
  5. three-day measles
  6. three-day sickness
  7. three-day weekend
  8. three-decker
  9. three-deckers
  10. three-dee
  11. three-dees

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