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pébrine

pébrine noun: a parasitic disease affecting silkworms.

Noun

pébrine (uncountable)

  1. A parasitic disease affecting silkworms.
    • In 1852, a disease called pébrine began to spread among the silkworms.2007, Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, Picador, published 2008, page 267

Synonyms of pébrine

Origin of pébrine

From French pébrine.

Words formed from pébrine

Questions about pébrine

What does pébrine mean?
Pébrine means a parasitic disease affecting silkworms.
What part of speech is pébrine?
Pébrine is a noun.

Words near pébrine in the dictionary

  1. Père David's deers
  2. Père David's mole
  3. Père David's tit
  4. Père David's tits
  5. pères
  6. pébrine
  7. Pécs
  8. pédalo
  9. pédalos
  10. Pégot-Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
  11. Périgord

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