单词 | pullorum disease |
释义 | pullorum disease[ puh-lawr-uhm, -lohr- ] / pəˈlɔr əm, -ˈloʊr- / noun Veterinary Pathology.a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. Origin of pullorum disease1925–30; <New Latin (Bacterium) pullorum former name of the bacterium, Latin pullōrum, genitive plural of pullus cockerel, chicken (see pullet) Words nearby pullorum diseasepull-on, pull oneself together, pull oneself up by the bootstraps, pull one's punches, pull one's weight, pullorum disease, pullout, pull out all the stops, pull out of a hat, pullover, pull-quote Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pullorum diseasepullorum disease / (pʊˈlɔːrəm) / nounan acute serious bacterial disease of very young birds, esp chickens, characterized by a whitish diarrhoea: caused by Salmonella pullorum, transmitted during egg productionAlso called: bacillary white diarrhoea Word Origin for pullorum diseaseLatin pullōrum of chickens, from pullus chicken Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。