foulbrood

English

Etymology

foul +‎ brood

Noun

foulbrood (uncountable)

  1. A bacterial disease of bees.
    • 2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

Derived terms
  • American foulbrood
  • European foulbrood
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