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< spatulate
spavined >
spav·in
(sp
v
n)
KEY
NOUN:
Bog spavin.
Bone spavin.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English
spaven
, from Old French
espavain
,
swelling
,
perhaps of Germanic origin
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