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vives.

A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old French vives, French avives (compare Spanish abivas), from Arabic ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba, literally “she-wolf”).

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