单词 | muscardine |
释义 | muscardine|mʌˈskɑːdiːn| [a. F. muscardine.] A disease incident to silkworms, caused by the development of a vegetable parasite or fungus in the body of the caterpillar. Also attrib.
1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 32 The Muscardine, which is so destructive to silkworms. 1890W. P. Ball Effects Use & Disuse 108 The muscardine silkworm disease. Hence ˈmuscardined a. [-ed2], affected with muscardine.
1888E. A. Butler Silkworms 72 The muscardined caterpillar..usually perishes before forming its cocoon. |

英语词典包含277258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。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:muscardine英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语