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An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɔːf/
  1. An exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hrufa (“scab”), from Proto-Germanic *hreubaz (whence also dandruff).

noun/ɔːf/
  1. Alternative form of orfe (“type of fish”).

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Where this word comes from

See orfe.

adv/ɔːf/
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adj/ɔːf/
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prep/ɔːf/
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