Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: deer fly fever
  1. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks, flies or by handling infected animals
    - tularemia [N. Amer], tularaemia [Brit, Cdn], rabbit fever, yatobyo

Derived forms: deer fly fevers, deer fly fever

Type of: zoonosis, zoonotic disease

Encyclopedia: Deer fly fever