columnaris disease
noun
variants or less commonly columnaris
ˌkäləmˈna(a)rə̇s
plural -es
: a highly fatal disease of fingerling trout and salmon especially when concentrated in hatchery ponds that is caused by a myxobacterium (Chondrococcus columnaris)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin columnaris, specific epithet of Chondrococcus columnaris, species causing the disease, from Late Latin, columnar
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