Foulbrood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bacterial disease of bees. uncountable, usually
"There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema."
Example
More examples"There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema."
Etymology
From foul + brood.
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