Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footrot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: footrot
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hoof infection, infectious pododermatitis, that is commonly found in sheep, goat, and cattle.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From foot + rot.

Usage

Inflected Forms

footrots (plural) foot rot (alternative)

Synonyms

interdigital necrobacillosis

Questions

What does footrot mean?: A hoof infection, infectious pododermatitis, that is commonly found in sheep, goat, and cattle.
Where does footrot come from?: From foot + rot.

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