SPAVIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spavin mean? 

• SPAVIN (noun)
  The noun SPAVIN has 1 sense:

1. a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

  Familiarity information: SPAVIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPAVIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("spavin" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spavin"):

blood spavin (spavin caused by distension of the veins)

bog spavin (spavin caused by collection of fluids)

bone spavin (spavin caused by a bony growth)