| 单词 | foul-broody |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfoul-broody ˈfoul-broody adj. now rare affected by foulbrood; of or relating to foulbrood. [After German faulbrütig (1781 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of insects > [adjective] > disorders of bees foul-broody1866 Isle of Wight1909 1866 tr. Schiebele in Amer. Bee Jrnl. Oct. 77/1 A foulbroody colony [G. faulbrütiges Volk], if transferred to a clean hive and constrained to build new combs, is by no means cured, though it may have been first made to suffer hunger and then fed with pure honey. 1885 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 5 584 When larvæ of Apis mellifera were artificially infected with ‘foul-broody matter’ the bacillus nature of the disease was incontestable. 1944 Bee World Jan. 2/2 A difference of opinion exists on the utilisation of foul-broody wax. < as lemmas |
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