polyhedrosis

[pol-ee-hee-droh-sis]

pol·y·he·dro·sis

[pol-ee-hee-droh-sis]
noun, plural pol·y·he·dro·ses [-seez] .
an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
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Polyhedrosis has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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