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SHEEP ROT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep rot mean?
• SHEEP ROT (noun)
The noun SHEEP ROT has 1 sense:
1. a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
Familiarity information: SHEEP ROT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
black disease; distomatosis; liver rot; sheep rot
Hypernyms ("sheep rot" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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