FOWL PEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fowl pest mean? 

• FOWL PEST (noun)
  The noun FOWL PEST has 1 sense:

1. either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb

  Familiarity information: FOWL PEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOWL PEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fowl pest" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)