What does sheep rot mean?

sheep rot means "a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products".

What is another word for sheep rot?

Close synonyms include black disease, liver rot, distomatosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sheep rot a common word?

sheep rot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

sheep rot — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products
Synonymsblack disease liver rot distomatosis
Broaderanimal disease

Questions about sheep rot

What does sheep rot mean?: sheep rot means "a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products".
What is another word for sheep rot?: Close synonyms include black disease, liver rot, distomatosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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