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CAMELPOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does camelpox mean?
• CAMELPOX (noun)
The noun CAMELPOX has 1 sense:
1. a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox
Familiarity information: CAMELPOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
with a little genetic engineering camelpox could be used as a bioweapon
Hypernyms ("camelpox" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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