foot-and-mouthnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfʊt.ənˈmaʊθ/us/ˌfʊt.ənˈmaʊθ/UK UK also foot-and-mouth disease, US hoof-and-mouthan infectious disease of cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats that causes painful areas in the mouth and on the feet
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Zoology: veterinary medicine
- alter
- anthrax
- BSE
- cattery
- collar
- delouse
- destroy
- distemper
- emasculate
- froth
- geld
- hoof-and-mouth
- leptospirosis
- myxomatosis
- put sth down 1
- quarantine
- rabies
- vet
- veterinarian
- veterinary surgeon
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Examples from literature
- The tongues of sheep-bells ought to be made of meteoric iron or of elf-bolts, in order to insure the animals against foot-and-mouth disease or death by storm.