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croup

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: croup

1
 n
a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
2
 n
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: croup
1

n a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

Synonyms:
spasmodic laryngitis
Type of:
angina
any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
2

n the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

Synonyms:
croupe, hindquarters, rump
Types:
haunch
the loin and leg of a quadruped
Type of:
body part
any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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