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swine plague

swine plague
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [swahyn pleyg]
    • /swaɪn pleɪg/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [swahyn pleyg]
    • /swaɪn pleɪg/

Definition of swine plague words

  • noun swine plague hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia. 1

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Origin of swine plague

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Swine plague

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

swine plague popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

swine plague usage trend in Literature

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