Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very sharp; very violent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Very sharp; very violent.
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- adjective Very
sharp ; veryviolent .
Etymologies
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Latin peracutus.
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Kashka was in the initial stages of peracute mortality syndrome, a wasting disease that is common and usually fatal in giraffes but not well understood.
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Kashka was in the initial stages of peracute mortality syndrome, a wasting disease that is common and usually fatal in giraffes but not well understood.
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According to necropsy results, one of the two died of peracute mortality syndrome, which has been associated with captive giraffes being kept in cooler climates instead of their natural tropical climate.
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