单词 | myxo |
释义 | myxon. Chiefly Australian colloquial. = myxomatosis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of rodents > [noun] slobbers1841 melioidosis1921 myxoma1927 myxomatosis1927 murine typhus1933 myxo1951 polyomavirus1958 myxy1961 1951 Narandera (New S. Wales) Argus 15 Feb. 1/3 There is always the possibility of pests becoming immune to the disease. However, ‘myxo’ is doing much at present to reduce the number of bunnies. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1193/2 Myxo. Myxomatosis: Australian: since ca. 1945... But, since ca. 1950, also current in Great Britain. 1970 M. Tarmey Skinman i. 22 They reckon myxo'll spread quite a bit this summer. 1982 J. Morrison North Wind 101 The myxo'll look after the rabbits... You could walk right across this property and never see a rabbit. 1989 New Scientist 16 Sept. 26/2 After years of being kept under control by myxomatosis..rabbit numbers are booming again. The animals are now immune to ‘myxo’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : myxo-comb. form < n.1951 see also |
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