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bubonic plague
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bubonic plague
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bubonic plague
/bjuː
ˈ
bɑːnɪk-/
noun
bubonic plague
/bjuː
ˈ
bɑːnɪk-/
noun
Learner's definition of BUBONIC PLAGUE
[
noncount
]
:
a very serious disease that is spread especially by rats and that killed many people in the Middle Ages
—
compare
black death
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