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单词 craw-craw
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craw-crawn.

Brit. /ˈkrɔːˌkrɔː/, U.S. /ˈkrɔˌkrɔ/, /ˈkrɑˌkrɑ/, West African English /ˈkrɔˌkrɔ/
Forms: Also 1800s kra-kra, kraw-kraw.
Etymology: Apparently ultimately < Dutch kraauw scratch, kraauw-en to scratch, to claw. Compare Igbo kra-kra (see quot. 1803).
Pathology.
A malignant species of pustulous itch, prevalent on the African coast, especially about Sierra Leone.
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1803 T. Winterbottom Acct. Native Africans Sierra Leone II. 164 Kra-kra is an Ebo word, corrupted from kra-thra which signifies the itch.
1863 Wanderings in W. Africa II. 93 A bad kind of scabies, commonly called craw-craw..not confined to mankind; goats and other animals often die of it.
1891 Nature 20 Aug. A papulo-vesicular skin disease called craw-craw is endemic in the sleeping sickness region..O'Neil found a filaria-like parasite in the vesicles of craw-craw.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 438 The kraw-kraw is a frightfully prevalent disease.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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