English Dictionary

blackleg

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.

日本語の意味

ウシにおいて、土壌由来の細菌クロストリジウム・チャウボエによって引き起こされる致命的な病気（炭疽に類似した症状を呈する）

The herd veterinarian confirmed that the sudden deaths were caused by blackleg after testing muscle tissue.

牧場の獣医は筋肉組織の検査で、突然の死亡がクロストリジウム・ショーヴォイによる感染、すなわち牛に致命的な病気であることを確認した。

意味（1）

(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.

意味（2）

(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.

[H]ere, then, was a community of good taste and kind feeling, no sharpers, no black-legs, no wolves in sheep's clothing.

意味（3）

(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.

In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

blacklegs （ plural ）