blackleg
blackleg
Definition
black·leg (-leg′)
noun
- an acute, usually fatal, infectious disease of young cattle and sheep, caused by a bacterium (esp. Clostridium chauvoei) and characterized by swelling and blackening of infected muscle tissue
- a disease of beets and related plants caused by a fungus (Phoma betae)
- a disease of potatoes caused by a bacterium (Erwinia atroseptica)
- Informal a gambler who cheats
- Brit. a strikebreaker
blackleg
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- stop: We had to carry through a mass picket there in order to stop some blacklegs.
Modifies a noun
- labor: Although there was some blackleg labor, the strike seemed solid, especially in the North East.
- disease: This may have important ramifications for our understanding of the blackleg disease cycle.
Noun used with modifier
- potato: Dr. Jennie L Brierley, from the Scottish Crop Research Institute, whose interests include the epidemiology of potato blackleg.
Browse dictionary entries near blackleg
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- blackmail
- Blackmail/Extortion
- blackmail suit
- blackmailer
- Blackmun
- blackness
- blackout
- Blackout of 2003
