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parafoulbrood

parafoulbrood noun: a bacterial disease of bees.

Noun

parafoulbrood (uncountable)

  1. A bacterial disease of bees.
    • Parafoulbrood is extremely infectious, apparently being readily transmitted by robbing, drifting, and by the exchange of brood or honey from infected colonies.1933, Experiment Station Record, volume 69, page 560
    • Determination of causative organisms of European foulbrood and parafoulbrood needs investigation.1951, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Committee Prints (issue 3, page 2563)

Origin of parafoulbrood

From para- + foulbrood.

Questions about parafoulbrood

What does parafoulbrood mean?
Parafoulbrood means a bacterial disease of bees.
What part of speech is parafoulbrood?
Parafoulbrood is a noun.

Words near parafoulbrood in the dictionary

  1. paraformalin
  2. paraformer
  3. paraformers
  4. parafossette
  5. parafossettes
  6. parafoulbrood
  7. parafovea
  8. parafoveal
  9. parafoveally
  10. parafoveas
  11. parafoveolar

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