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Noun: bubo (buboes)  byoo-bow
  1. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague, gonorrhoea or tuberculosis
Noun: Bubo
  1. A genus of Strigidae containing the American horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls (Bubo)
    - genus Bubo

Derived forms: buboes

Type of: bird genus, lymph gland, lymph node, node, symptom

Part of: family Strigidae, Strigidae

Encyclopedia: Bubo, Duke of the Frisians