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foulbrood

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foul⋅brood

  [foul-brood]
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–noun
any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
Origin:
1860–65; foul + brood
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foul·brood   (foul'brōōd')   
n.  A fatal disease of honeybee larvae caused by one of several types of bacteria, including Bacillus alvei.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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