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FOOT ROT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("foot rot" is a kind of...):
plant disease (a disease that affects plants)