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Meaning of foulbrood | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bacterial disease of bees.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Svenska yngelröta

Examples

There were problems in my dad’s day: ants, skunks, wax moths and a couple of deadly but well-known bee diseases, like foulbrood and nosema.”
“At times nearly all brood diseases (American foulbrood, European foulbrood, parafoulbrood, sacbrood) were thought to represent a single malady. European and American foulbroods were especially confused.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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