Noun: rabbit fever
- A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks, flies or by handling infected animals
"The hunter contracted rabbit fever after skinning an infected rabbit";
- tularemia [N. Amer], tularaemia [Brit, Cdn], deer fly fever, yatobyo
Derived forms: rabbit fevers
Type of: zoonosis, zoonotic disease
Encyclopedia: Rabbit fever