quittor

n. [兽医]马蹄疽,化脓性蹄软骨炎

发音

UK /ˈkwɪt.ə(ɹ)/
US /ˈkwɪt.ɚ/
US /ˈkwɪɾ.ɚ/

词形变化

quittors 复数 quittors

别名

quitter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone.

词源

From Middle English quiter, quitere, quitoure, quiture, quytur, whitour, from Old French cuiture, quiture, probably from Latin coctura. Cognate with Low German kwater, kwader (“rottenness”).

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