dartars

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noun

A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

noundartars (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

Origin

  1. Frenchdartre“eruption, dandruff”
  2. Englishdartars

From French dartre (“eruption, dandruff”).

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APA

dartars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartars

MLA

“dartars.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartars. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dartars,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dartars.

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