"sun-fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sun-fevers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sun-fever (countable and uncountable, plural sun-fevers)
  1. Alternative form of sun fever Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: sun fever
    Sense id: en-sun-fever-en-noun-bqs1UPpd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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