bubo

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In ancient Rome it was a bird of evil omen Foedaque fit volucris venturi nuncia luctus Ignavus bubo, dirum mortalibus omen In India, to-day, if an owl sits on the house-top, the occupants dare scarcely lie down to sleep, for they know that the devil is walking the rooms and marking someone for death.

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  1. noun An inflamed, tender swelling of a lymph node, especially in the area of the armpit or groin, that is characteristic of certain infections, such as bubonic plague and syphilis.

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  1. Middle English, from Late Latin būbō, būbōn-, from Greek boubōn, groin, swelling.

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  1. = French bubon = Spanish bubon = Portuguese bubão = Italian bubone = Walloon buboin, from Middle Latin bubo(n-), a tumor, from Greek βουβών, the groin, a swelling in the groin.
 

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