"dustball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dustballs [plural]
Etymology: dust + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dust|ball}} dust + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} dustball (plural dustballs)
  1. A ball of dust.
    Sense id: en-dustball-en-noun-s9ADYu~Z
  2. (archaic) A ball of grain-dust formed in the intestine of a diseased horse. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-dustball-en-noun-72VCd4jp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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