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| 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) |
Health | A reovirus infection, chiefly of sheep, characterized by a swollen blue tongue, catarrhal inflammation of upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, and often by inflammation of sensitive laminae of the feet and coronet. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BLUETONGUE |
| English words defined with "BLUETONGUE": catarrhal. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Microbiologist James Mecham and student research aid Jenny Dockham examine autoradiographic film showing bluetongue virus proteins. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| "BLUETONGUE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "BLUETONGUE" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "BLUETONGUE": Bluetongue Virus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
bluetongue virus | 10 |
bluetongue | 6 |
bluetongue lizard | 2 |
bluetongue cycle life | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BLUETONGUE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | katarralsk feber hos faar (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | katarrale schapenkoorts (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), catarrale schapenkoorts (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | langue bleue (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale ovine (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale maligne du mouton (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue), fièvre catarrhale du mouton (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Blauzungenkrankheit, katarrhalisches Schafsfieber (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταρροïκός πυρετός του προβάτου (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | blue-tongue (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), bluetongue (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), blue tongue (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), lingua blu (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), febbre catarrale ovina, febbre catarrale degli ovini (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uetongueblay febre catarral ovina (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection), febre catarral do carneiro (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) fiebre catarral ovina (blue tongue, blue tongue(disease), blue-tongue, ovine catarrhal fever, ovine orbivirus infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | febris catarrhalis ovium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BLUETONGUE": bluetongues. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| 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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