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Meaning of milk sickness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A condition, with trembling and vomiting, caused by ingestion of milk, meat, etc. from a cow that has fed on white snakeroot, which contains the poison tremetol.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

milk sister milk skin milk snake Milk Snatcher milk spot milk stout

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