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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis;

2. a genus of Strigidae;
[syn: Bubo, genus Bubo]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bubo \Bu"bo\ (b[=u]"b[-o]), n.; pl. Buboes (-b[-o]z). [LL. bubo the groin, a swelling in the groin, Gr. boubw`n.] (Med.) An inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bubo n 1: a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis 2: a genus of Strigidae [syn: Bubo, genus Bubo]