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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.
     ['e]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.
     ['e]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[=a]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.
     sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the
     infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See
     Sparrow.] (Far.)
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling
     developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the
     bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is
     due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly
     supposed. --Harbaugh.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the
        capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood
        spavin.
  
     Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary
        spavin.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.
     ['e]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.
     ['e]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[=a]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.
     sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the
     infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See
     Sparrow.] (Far.)
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling
     developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the
     bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is
     due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly
     supposed. --Harbaugh.
  
     Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the
        capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood
        spavin.
  
     Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary
        spavin.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spavin
       n : a swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in
           lameness

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spavin
     n.
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the
  hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spavin
     n.
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the
  hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spavin
     n.
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the
  hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spavin
     n.
     A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the
  hock as the result of inflammation of the bones.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spavin /spˈavɪn/
  ورم العرقوب

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  spavin //ˈspævɪn// 
  spatt

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  spavin /spˈavɪn/
  1. (bayt.) at ayağının oynak yerinin şişmesi. spavined  oynak yeri şişmiş (at ayağı)

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n.  『兽医』 (马脚的) 跗节瘤

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. [马腿的] 跗节肉肿

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