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fescue foot

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.
  1. a disease of the feet of cattle associated with feeding on certain fungus-infested fescue grasses, characterized by lameness and sometimes leading to gangrene.


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Origin of fescue foot1

First recorded in 1945–50

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