mange : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mange	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mange
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mange n a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)
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[94]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}.