Definition of Foulbrood

1. Noun. A bacterial disease of bees. ¹

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Definition of Foulbrood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foulbrood

foul out
foul play
foul pole
foul poles
foul shot
foul territory
foul tick
foul tip
foul up
foul wind
foul winds
foulage
foulant
foulard
foulards
foulbrood (current term)
foulbroods
foulder
fouldered
fouldering
foulders
foule
fouled
fouled anchor
fouler
foulers
foules
foulest
fouling
foulings

Literary usage of Foulbrood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Most common brood diseases are American foulbrood, European foulbrood, and chalk brood. Among adult bees, Nosema disease is one of the most serious. ..."

2. Micro-organisms and Disease: An Introduction to the Study of Specific Micro by Edward Klein (1896)
"Bacillus of foulbrood.—Messrs. F. Cheshire and Watson Cheyne described (Microsc. Journ., August, 1885) a peculiar bacillus, bacillus alvei, which occurs in ..."

3. Agricultural Bacteriology: A Study of the Relation of Bacteria to by H[erbert] W[illiam] Conn (1901)
"foulbrood of Bees.—The only other bacterial disease of animals which we need mention is that quite common in beehives, known as foulbrood. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"In a paper "Further Studies on American foulbrood " to be published in the Journal of Agricultural Research reference is made to the employment of such ..."

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