chicken cholera

noun Veterinary Pathology.

fowl cholera.

Origin of chicken cholera

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby chicken cholera

chickasha, chickee, chicken, chicken adder, chicken breast, chicken cholera, chicken colonel, chicken coop, chicken fat clot, chicken feed, chicken fillet

Example sentences from the Web for chicken cholera

  • To the first class belong the severe epidemics, of which chicken-cholera is the most destructive.

    The Dollar Hen |Milo M. Hastings

  • It took considerable time and trouble to procure fresh cultures of the chicken-cholera microbe.

    Makers of Modern Medicine |James J. Walsh