| 释义 |
bluetongue
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: translation of Afrikaans bloutong
1. : an African horse sickness in which the lesions are most marked about the head — called also thickhead
2. : a serious virus disease of African sheep that is marked by hyperemia, cyanosis, and punctate hemorrhages and by swelling and sloughing of the epithelium especially about the mouth and tongue, that sometimes affects goats and in a milder form often simulating foot-and-mouth disease occurs in cattle, that is localized in low-lying or marshy areas, and that is thought to be transmitted by biting midges |