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Meaning of African horse sickness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola, and originally from Sub-Saharan Africa.

uncountable

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

African hunting dog African jacana African jack African Latin African lethargy African lily

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