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FOWL CHOLERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fowl cholera mean?
• FOWL CHOLERA (noun)
The noun FOWL CHOLERA has 1 sense:
1. an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
Familiarity information: FOWL CHOLERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fowl cholera" is a kind of...):
blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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