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BLUETONGUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bluetongue mean?
• BLUETONGUE (noun)
The noun BLUETONGUE has 1 sense:
1. a viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges
Familiarity information: BLUETONGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bluetongue" is a kind of...):
catarrhal fever (any of several disease of livestock marked by fever and edema of the respiratory tract)
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