bluetongue
blue·tongue
noun \ˈblü-ˌtəŋ\Definition of BLUETONGUE
: a virus disease chiefly of sheep that is marked by hyperemia, cyanosis, and by swelling and sloughing of the mucous membranes especially about the mouth and tongue and is caused by a reovirus (species Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus)
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1863
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