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foulbrood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
foul-brood
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterial disease of bees.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From foul + brood.

Usage

Inflected Forms

foulbroods (plural)

Derived Forms

parafoulbrood

Phrases

American foulbrood European foulbrood

Questions

What does foulbrood mean?
A bacterial disease of bees.
Where does foulbrood come from?
From foul + brood.

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