Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mange"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mange \Mange\, n. [See {Mangy}.] (Vet.)
The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.
{Mange insect} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle.
horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The
mange insect of the horse ({Psoroptes, or Dermatodectes,
equi}), and that of cattle ({Symbiotes, or Dermatophagys,
bovis}) are the most important species. See {Acarina}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mange
n : an persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing
inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects
domestic animals (and sometimes people)
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