"foulbrood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foulbroods [plural]
Etymology: foul + brood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foul|brood}} foul + brood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} foulbrood (usually uncountable, plural foulbroods)
  1. A bacterial disease of bees. Wikipedia link: foulbrood Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Beekeeping Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine Derived forms: American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood
    Sense id: en-foulbrood-en-noun-HMwmgkDH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007 February 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Keeping Bees Among Us”, in New York Times",
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