foulbrood en · NOUN
Etymology
From foul + brood.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A bacterial disease of bees.
At times nearly all brood diseases (American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood, sacbrood) were thought to represent a single malady. European and American foulbroods were especially confused.
2012, Edward Steinhaus, Insect Pathology V2: An Advanced Treatise, page 553: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.
2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foulbroods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |