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pebrine

[ pey-breen ]

noun

  1. an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pebrine1

1865–70; < French < Provençal pebrino literally, peppery, with reference to the black spots. See pepper, -ine 1

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Example Sentences

On the 28th the twenty-six remaining worms were covered by the black spots of pébrine.

Pasteur, for example, found that pébrine had been known for an indefinite time as a disease among silkworms.

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