scur
/ (skɜː) /
noun
vet science a small unattached growth of horn at the site of a normal horn in cattle
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How to use scur in a sentence
scur′viness, state of being scurvy: meanness; scur′vy-grass, a genus of cruciferous plants, efficacious in curing scurvy.
Perhaps from the Anglo-Saxon scur, a heavy shower, a sudden squall.
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