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plural bluetongues
(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by Bluetongue virus of the genus Orbivirus, carried by mosquitos, midges etc. examples
(Australia) The blue-tongue lizard. quotations examples
“I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”
2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Someone seen as being as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person. examples