English Explanatory Dictionary

whirling disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

whirling disease
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