fowl pox
noun Veterinary Pathology.
a virus disease of chickens and other birds characterized by warty excrescences on the comb and wattles, and often by diphtherialike changes in the mucous membranes of the head.
Also called
avian diphtheria,
avian pox.
Origin of fowl pox
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby fowl pox
fowl,
fowl cholera,
fowl mite,
fowl paralysis,
fowl pest,
fowl pox,
fowl typhoid,
fowler,
fowler flap,
fowler's position,
fowler's toad