"spavin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspævɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spavin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spavins [plural]
Rhymes: -ævɪn Etymology: Via Middle English, shortening of Old French espavin, variant of esparvain, speculated to be from Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”), though this is seen as quite tenuous; see sparrow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|espavin}} Old French espavin, {{m|fro|esparvain}} esparvain, {{der|en|frk|*sparwan||sparrow}} Frankish *sparwan (“sparrow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spavin (countable and uncountable, plural spavins)
  1. A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones. Wikipedia link: spavin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases Derived forms: blood spavin, bog spavin, bone spavin Translations (Translations): esparaván [masculine] (Galician), giarda [feminine] (Italian), قره قوش (kara kuş) (Ottoman Turkish), esparavão [masculine] (Portuguese), esparaván [masculine] (Spanish), spatt (Swedish), karakuş (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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