bluetongue

See also: blue-tongue

English

Alternative forms

• blue-tongue

Etymology

From blue +‎ tongue.

Noun

bluetongue (plural bluetongues)

1. (uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc. [from 19th c.]
2. (Australia) The blue-tongue lizard. [from 19th c.]
   • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191:

     “I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”

3. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Someone seen as being as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• catarrhal fever

Translations

disease of ruminants

• Arabic: مَرَض اَللِّسَان اَلْأَزْرَق m (maraḍ al-lisān al-ʔazraq)
• Armenian: կատառային տենդ (kataṙayin tend)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍舌病／蓝舌病 (zh) (lánshébìng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: blauwtong (nl)
• French: fièvre catarrhale (fr) f, maladie de la langue bleue (fr) f
• German: Blauzungenkrankheit f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: lingua blu f
• Japanese: ブルータング (burūtangu)
• Korean: 청설병 (cheongseolbyeong)
• Portuguese: febre catarral f, língua azul (pt) f
• Russian: катара́льная лихора́дка f (katarálʹnaja lixorádka)
• Spanish: lengua azul f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can