单词 | puffinosis |
释义 | puffinosisn. Zoology. An epizootic disease of seabirds caused by a coronavirus, originally observed in the Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > other disorders of birds pipa1425 gout1486 rank1709 cholera1834 diphtheria1863 fowl pox1908 myelocytomatosis1933 ornithosis1939 puffinosis1948 angel wing1967 1948 J. A. R. Miles & M. G. P. Stoker in Nature 26 June 1017/1 We suggest that the name ‘puffinosis’ is suitable for this epizootic disease of Puffinus puffinus puffinus. 1977 S. Cramp et al. Handbk. Birds Europe, Middle East & N. Afr. I. 148/2 Colonial nesting [by Manx shearwaters] may be advantageous in reducing predation, though disadvantageous in facilitating interference between pairs..and spread of epizootics of puffinosis. 2001 Dis. Aquatic Organisms 45 168/2 It seems likely that ‘puffinosis’ was merely a secondary factor in the rockhopper mortality during the 1985–86 breeding season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948 |
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