Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shipping fever

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: ship-ping fever
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A severe inflammation of the lungs of cattle, caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella, sometimes seen following the stress of transport to market under poor conditions.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

shipping pneumonia

Questions

What does shipping fever mean?: A severe inflammation of the lungs of cattle, caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella, sometimes seen following the stress of transport to market under poor conditions.

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