milky disease

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disease of the white grubs of Japanese beetles, caused by a soil-dwelling bacterium, Paenibacillus popilliae. uncountable
    — 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.”
  2. Synonym of grasserie (“disease of silkworms”). uncountable
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