英语词汇“squirrel pox”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squirrel pox n. (a) a usually mild disease affecting several species of squirrel in North America, caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus and characterized by the development of fibrous nodules, esp. in the skin (now usually called squirrel fibroma or squirrel fibromatosis); (b) an epidemic disease with a very high mortality rate affecting Eurasian red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris), chiefly in Britain and Ireland, characterized by ulcerating lesions of the skin, and caused by a poxvirus of undetermined generic status.Frequently as a modifier.The epidemic disease (sense (b)) is one of the factors contributing to the decline of the red squirrel population in Britain and Ireland; its causative virus is believed to be carried by grey squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis) introduced from North America, in whom it causes little or no disease.

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1969 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 155 1124/2 This condition may have been superimposed upon preexisting squirrelpox (fibroma) lesions.

2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Dec. 14 In a world besotted with people famous for being famous and the belief that a religious festival equates with spending power, news of squirrel pox was a welcome diversion.

2006 Brit. Wildlife Apr. 271/3 Red squirrels, too, face an uncertain future owing to the spread of Grey Squirrels S. carolinensis, which disseminate the squirrel-pox virus and continue to take a terrible toll of Reds.

2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Aug. 10 Scotland's red squirrels could be wiped out in a year..unless the Government funds a squirrel pox vaccine.

单词	squirrel pox
释义	> as lemmas squirrel pox squirrel pox n. (a) a usually mild disease affecting several species of squirrel in North America, caused by a poxvirus of the genus Leporipoxvirus and characterized by the development of fibrous nodules, esp. in the skin (now usually called squirrel fibroma or squirrel fibromatosis); (b) an epidemic disease with a very high mortality rate affecting Eurasian red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris), chiefly in Britain and Ireland, characterized by ulcerating lesions of the skin, and caused by a poxvirus of undetermined generic status.Frequently as a modifier.The epidemic disease (sense (b)) is one of the factors contributing to the decline of the red squirrel population in Britain and Ireland; its causative virus is believed to be carried by grey squirrels ( Sciurus carolinensis) introduced from North America, in whom it causes little or no disease. ΚΠ 1969 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 155 1124/2 This condition may have been superimposed upon preexisting squirrelpox (fibroma) lesions. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 22 Dec. 14 In a world besotted with people famous for being famous and the belief that a religious festival equates with spending power, news of squirrel pox was a welcome diversion. 2006 Brit. Wildlife Apr. 271/3 Red squirrels, too, face an uncertain future owing to the spread of Grey Squirrels S. carolinensis, which disseminate the squirrel-pox virus and continue to take a terrible toll of Reds. 2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 20 Aug. 10 Scotland's red squirrels could be wiped out in a year..unless the Government funds a squirrel pox vaccine. extracted from squirreln. < as lemmas
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