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bluetongue

bluetongue noun: a disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.

Noun

bluetongue (countable and uncountable, plural bluetongues)

  1. (uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
    Synonyms:
    catarrhal fever
  2. (Australia, countable) The blue-tongue lizard.
    • “I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) Someone who is as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person.

bluetongue meaning in Arabic

bluetongue in Arabic

disease of ruminants
مَرَض اَللِّسَان اَلْأَزْرَق maraḍ al-lisān al-ʔazraq

Synonyms of bluetongue

Forms of bluetongue

pluralbluetongues
alternative formblue-tongue

Origin of bluetongue

From blue + tongue.

Questions about bluetongue

What does bluetongue mean?
Bluetongue means a disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
What is bluetongue in Arabic?
Bluetongue in Arabic is مَرَض اَللِّسَان اَلْأَزْرَق (maraḍ al-lisān al-ʔazraq). See Bluetongue meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is bluetongue?
Bluetongue is a noun.
What is the plural of bluetongue?
The plural of bluetongue is bluetongues.

Words near bluetongue in the dictionary

  1. blueticked
  2. blueticking
  3. blueticks
  4. bluetit
  5. bluetits
  6. bluetongue
  7. bluetongues
  8. bluetooth
  9. bluetoothed
  10. bluetoothing
  11. bluetooths

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