1. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague, gonorrhoea or tuberculosis
   "The presence of buboes in the groin area was a telltale sign of bubonic plague"

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