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bluetongues

bluetongues is the plural of bluetongue.

Meaning of bluetongue

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.

Questions about bluetongues

What is bluetongues the plural of?
Bluetongues is the plural of bluetongue.

Words near bluetongues in the dictionary

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

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