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† ˈschadon Obs.
Also 8 skaddon.
[a. Gr. σχάδων (Aristotle).]
The larva of a bee.
1609C. Butler Fem. Mon. (1623) I 3, The weather keeping them [sc. Bees] in, they can do nothing but breed and hatch their schadons. 1657S. Purchas Pol. Flying-Ins. 71 That no schadon..can break through into a cell on the other side. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 93 The skaddons or young bees that are in the combs. |