parapox
nounEtymology From para- + pox.
1
A disease caused by a parapoxvirus; found chiefly in cows, sheep, goats, and squirrels
- The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox (harmless to humans) that does not harm grays but can devastate reds.2009 January 7, Marlena Spieler, “Saving a Squirrel by Eating One”, in New York Times: