blue comb

noun

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue comb¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

At last the precious contents of the box were revealed—a white chiffon dress, delicately broidered with tiny gold beads, with a twisted girdle of blue with cloth of gold, a dainty blue comb set with brilliants.

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As she spoke, she undid the towel about her head, and she took a blue comb from her white hair: and she showed Jurgen what was engraved on the comb.

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The only species of guinea-fowl that I have seen in Africa is that with the blue comb and wattles.

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