# vives

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #78,263

## Definitions
1. A disease of animals, especially horses, based in the glands under the ear, where a tumour is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.

## Etymology
From Old French vives, French avives (compare Spanish abivas), from Arabic ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba, literally “she-wolf”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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