资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spavin \Spav"in\, n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F.
   ['e]parvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F.
   ['e]pervier, fr. OHG. sparw[=a]ri (G. sperber), fr. OHG.
   sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the
   infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See
   {Sparrow}.] (Far.)
   A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling
   developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the
   bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is
   due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly
   supposed. --Harbaugh.

   {Bog spavin}, a soft swelling produced by distention of the
      capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also {blood
      spavin}.

   {Bone spavin}, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary
      spavin.



   {Bone earth} (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the
      calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of
      calcium.

   {Bone lace}, a lace made of linen thread, so called because
      woven with bobbins of bone.

   {Bone oil}, an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the
      manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing
      the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their
      derivatives; -- also called {Dippel's oil}.

   {Bone setter}. Same as {Bonesetter}. See in the Vocabulary.
      

   {Bone shark} (Zo["o]l.), the basking shark.

   {Bone spavin}. See under {Spavin}.

   {Bone turquoise}, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue
      color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.
      

   {Bone whale} (Zo["o]l.), a right whale.

   {To be upon the bones of}, to attack. [Obs.]

   {To make no bones}, to make no scruple; not to hesitate.
      [Low]

   {To pick a bone with}, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over
      a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

bone spavin
     n : spavin caused by a bony growth