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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A highly infectious, usually fatal disease of rabbits that is caused by a pox virus and is characterized by many skin tumors similar to myxomas.
  2. n. A condition characterized by the growth of many myxomas.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A disease of rabbits.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Biol.) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits

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  • dailyword Mrs. Peel claimed to have this when she didn't want to talk to Steed. Jun 20, 2012

  • hernesheir Nice word whose pattern of consonants and vowels - cvcvcvcvcvc - (the wye acting as a vowel in this instance) - is a palindromic pattern of consonants and vowels - when marked as "C" or "V" and listed as such, the letters of this word read the same forwards or backwards... Nov 15, 2010

  • chained_bear Originally identified in laboratory rabbits in South America, the disease has been artificially introduced into Australia, Europe, and other localities to reduce rabbit populations.

    A slow, cruel way to die. Usage: 1972 R. ADAMS Watership Down ii. 8 "He had coolly...stood firm during the terrible onslaught of the myxomatosis." Feb 6, 2007

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