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noun
A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Old French vives, French avives (compare Spanish abivas), from Arabic ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba, literally “she-wolf”).
