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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A highly infectious, often fatal viral disease of swine, characterized by fever, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and exhaustion. Also called African swine fever.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See under Hog.
- n. an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery.
WordNet 3.0
- n. highly infectious virus disease of swine
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