Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

canarypox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-nary-pox
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A viral disease of birds.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. Lawrence Corey, the principal investigator for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, who was not part of the RV 144 trial, said new work on weakened versions of the smallpox vaccine had produced better pox “spines” that could be substituted for the canarypox."

Etymology

From canary + pox.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does canarypox mean?: A viral disease of birds.
Where does canarypox come from?: From canary + pox.

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