pebrine

[ pey-breen ]

noun

an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.

Origin of pebrine

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1865–70; <French <Provençal pebrino literally, peppery, with reference to the black spots. See pepper, -ine¹

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How to use pebrine in a sentence

Pasteur showed that the failure of the silkworm was not due to one disease, but to two diseases--pebrine and flacherie.
Makers of Modern Medicine | James J. Walsh
The disease of silkworms, known as pebrine, was spreading with ruinous rapidity in France.
The Fertility of the Unfit | William Allan Chapple
pebrine soon reached Cyprus and almost brought the Island breed to an end.
Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products | William Bevan

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