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BLUE TONGUE

Specialty Definition: BLUE TONGUE

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A noncontagious, insect-transmitted, viral disease of sheep and rarely cattle, caused by an orbivirus(of which there are at least 20 identified serotypes)and characterized by an erosive stomatitis and rhinitis, and lameness due to a coronitis and laminitis. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: BLUE TONGUE

Specialty definitions using "BLUE TONGUE": Bluetongue. (references)

Image Slideshow: BLUE TONGUE

Frequency of Internet Keywords: BLUE TONGUE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
blue tongue	27
blue tongue skink	27
blue tongue lizard	12
blue tongue skinks	9
blue tongue dog	5
black blue tongue	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: BLUE TONGUE

Language		Translations for "BLUE TONGUE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		katarralsk feber hos faar (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

Dutch		katarrale schapenkoorts (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), catarrale schapenkoorts (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

French		langue bleue (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale ovine (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale maligne du mouton (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale du mouton (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue). (various references)

German		katarrhalisches Schafsfieber (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

Greek		καταρροïκός πυρετός του προβάτου (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

Italian		blue-tongue (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), bluetongue (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), blue tongue (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), lingua blu (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), febbre catarrale degli ovini (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

Pig Latin		ueblay onguetay

Portuguese		febre catarral ovina (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), febre catarral do carneiro (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)

Spanish		fiebre catarral ovina (blue tongue(disease), bluetongue, blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: BLUE TONGUE

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	febris catarrhalis ovium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Anagrams: BLUE TONGUE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bluetongue.
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-l-n-o-t-u-u"
	-3 letters: englobe, eugenol, toluene.
	-4 letters: begone, belong, blunge, bolete, bungee, bungle, butene, eluent, englut, gentle, gluten, goblet, lounge, lungee, nebule, outbeg, outgun, tongue, tubule, unbelt, unbolt, unglue.
	-5 letters: beget, begot, begun, betel, beton, blent, bluet, blunt, bogle, botel, boule, bugle, bulge, buteo, butle, elute, genet, glebe, gleet, globe, glout, gluon, leben, lento, leone, longe.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-l-n-o-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: bluetongues.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Slideshow
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern

5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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