Definition of Blackleg. Meaning of Blackleg. Synonyms of Blackleg

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Definition of Blackleg

Blackleg
Blackleg Black"leg`, n. 1. A notorious gambler. [Colloq.] 2. A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck. [Eng.]

Meaning of Blackleg from wikipedia

- A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, or ****stick) is a person who works despite a strike. Strikebreakers are usually individuals...
- up blackleg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blackleg, blacklegs or black-legged may refer to: Blackleg (disease), in sheep and cattle Blackleg (Br****ica)...
- Blackleg, black quarter, quarter evil, or quarter ill (Latin: gangraena emphysematosa) is an infectious bacterial disease most commonly caused by Clostridium...
- Blackleg is a plant disease of potato caused by pectolytic bacteria that can result in stunting, wilting, chlorosis of leaves, necrosis of several tissues...
- "Blackleg Miner" is a 19th-century English folk song, originally from Northumberland (as can be deduced from the dialect in the song and the references...
- a fungal pathogen of the phylum Ascomycota that is the causal agent of blackleg disease on Br****ica crops. Its genome has been sequenced, and L. maculans...
- The large tortoises**** or blackleg tortoises**** (Nymphalis polychloros) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies include: Nymphalis polychloros...
- Black-legged tick may refer to either of two species of ticks found in North America: Ixodes sca****ris, also known as the "deer tick" or "bear tick",...
- Blacklegs (foaled 1728) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was the champion sire of Great Britain in 1746. He was bred by William Cavendish...
- resistant to skin spot. It has good resistance to PVY, tuber late blight and blackleg. It also has moderate resistance to PVA, PVX and fusarium dry rot. It is...