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☆ Texas fever

an infectious disease of cattle caused by various sporozoans (genus Babesia) that invade the red blood cells and are carried by various ticks (esp. genus Boophilus); babesiosis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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