Function: noun
Date: circa 1940
: a destructive disease of scarab beetle grubs and especially Japanese beetle larvae that is caused by a bacterium ( Bacillus popilliae ) and is sometimes used in biological control ― called also milky spore disease
Function: noun
Date: circa 1940
: a destructive disease of scarab beetle grubs and especially Japanese beetle larvae that is caused by a bacterium ( Bacillus popilliae ) and is sometimes used in biological control ― called also milky spore disease
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012