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单词 bluetongue
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bluetongue

[ bloo-tuhng ]
/ ˈbluˌtʌŋ /

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a viral disease of sheep and sometimes cattle, transmitted by biting insects and characterized by high fever, excessive salivation, swelling of the face and tongue, and cyanosis of the tongue.
Also called catarrhal fever.

Origin of bluetongue

First recorded in 1860–65; blue + tongue

Words nearby bluetongue

“Blue-Tail Fly”, bluethroat, bluethroat pikeblenny, bluetick, blue tit, bluetongue, blue-tongued lizard, Bluetooth, blue vein, blue velvet, blue vitriol
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British Dictionary definitions for bluetongue (1 of 2)

bluetongue1
/ (ˌbluːˈtʌŋ) /

noun

an Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, having a cobalt-blue tongue

British Dictionary definitions for bluetongue (2 of 2)

bluetongue2
/ (ˌbluːˈtʌŋ) /

noun

vet science a viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants transmitted by arthropods and characterized by reproductive problems or vasculitis. Sheep, which are most frequently affected, develop swelling of the face and a cyanotic tongue
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