canicola fever

Definitions of canicola fever
  1. noun
    an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundice
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    type of:
    leptospirosis, swamp fever
    an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever
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