WordNet
sheep rot
n. a disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products [syn: black disease, liver rot, distomatosis]
Usage examples of "sheep rot".
Although resilient himselfhe could pretty well boast pan-immunitythe dog was boiling and bursting with whole ecologies of trapped viruses, germs, and microbes: anthrax, foul brood, rinderpest, staggers, scours, glanders, hard pad, sheep rot, and mange.