puffinosis
/ˌpʌfɪˈnəʊsɪs/Zoology
noun
An epizootic disease of seabirds caused by a coronavirus, originally observed in the Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus.
Origin
1940s. From scientific Latin Puffinus, genus name of the Manx shearwater + -osis.
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