Whirling disease

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounA disease of salmonid fish, caused by the myxosporean parasite Myxobolus cerebralis and characterised by awkward, corkscrew-like swimming motions.

Synonyms

swirl skirling edwardsiellosis amphimeriasis disease boat ichthyosism aspergillomycosis maelstrom white-spot disease scombroid jumping worm cryptocaryosis

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