Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milky disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: milky dis-ease
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae.

Uncountable

noun

Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When ingested by a foraging beetle grub [the spores] multiply prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn an abnormally white color, hence the popular name, “milky disease.”"
"1972, United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, “The Japanese Beetle: How We Fight It,” p. 6, If possible, biological controls are used. One of these is milky disease, a bacterial disease that infects and kills the grub without causing harm to other animal life."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

milky spore grasserie

Questions

What does milky disease mean?: A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae.

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