- rabbit fever
- noun Date: 1925 tularemia
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
rabbit fever
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rabbit fever — ☆ rabbit fever n. TULAREMIA … English World dictionary
rabbit fever — tularemia, deer fly fever, bacterial disease in animals which can be transmitted to humans by insects or by handling infected animals (symptoms include fever) … English contemporary dictionary
rabbit fever — rab·bit fever rab ət n TULAREMIA * * * see tularaemia * * * tularemia … Medical dictionary
rabbit fever — noun a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tularemia, ↑tularaemia, ↑deer fly fever, ↑yatobyo • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
rabbit fever — Pathol., Vet. Pathol. tularemia. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
rabbit fever — noun informal term for tularaemia … English new terms dictionary
rabbit fever — see tularaemia … The new mediacal dictionary
rabbit fever — rab′bit fe ver n. pat vet tularemia • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
rabbit fever — /ræbət ˈfivə/ (say rabuht feevuh) noun → tularemia …
rabbit — rabbitlike, rabbity, adj. /rab it/, n., pl. rabbits, (esp. collectively) rabbit for 1 3. 1. any of several soft furred, large eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha,… … Universalium
