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sacbrood

sacbrood noun: a viral disease in honey bees which affects the larvae, causing them to shrivel up and become scalelike.

Noun

sacbrood (uncountable)

  1. A viral disease in honey bees which affects the larvae, causing them to shrivel up and become scalelike.

Origin of sacbrood

From sac + brood.

Questions about sacbrood

What does sacbrood mean?
Sacbrood means a viral disease in honey bees which affects the larvae, causing them to shrivel up and become scalelike.
What part of speech is sacbrood?
Sacbrood is a noun.

Words near sacbrood in the dictionary

  1. sacayan
  2. sacayans
  3. sacbe
  4. sacbeob
  5. sacbes
  6. sacbrood
  7. sacbut
  8. sacbuts
  9. Sacca
  10. saccade
  11. saccaded

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