bluetongue

Meaning

1. (uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
2. (Australia, countable) The blue-tongue lizard.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, countable) Someone who is as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person.

Synonyms

lizard

🦎

small

catarrhal fever

Translations

língua azul

مرض اللسان الأزرق

fièvre catarrhale du mouton

fièvre catarrhale

lingua blu

febbre catarrale degli ovini

febre catarral

lengua azul de los ovinos

Blütongue

Blauzungenkrankheit

blauwtongvirus

Maladie de la blue tongue

lengua azul

Etymology

From blue + tongue.