"blackleg" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blacklegs [plural]
Etymology: From black + leg. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|leg}} black + leg Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blackleg (countable and uncountable, plural blacklegs)
  1. (uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture, Veterinary medicine, Bacterial diseases, Diseases Translations (fatal cattle disease): migdá [feminine] (Afar), charbon symptomatique [masculine] (French), ekicurnet (Karamojong), lokecuman (Karamojong), чёрная но́жка (čórnaja nóžka) [feminine] (Russian), tcherbon des tchås [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-blackleg-en-noun-3s6W-RG7 Disambiguation of Bacterial diseases: 60 17 6 10 7 Disambiguation of Diseases: 60 17 7 8 7 Topics: agriculture, biology, business, lifestyle, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology Disambiguation of 'fatal cattle disease': 86 10 1 2
  2. (uncountable) A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-blackleg-en-noun-MOB~g~VH
  3. (countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker. Tags: countable Categories (topical): People Translations (person who cheats in a game — see also cheater): huijari (Finnish), szuler [masculine] (Polish), шу́лер (šúler) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blackleg-en-noun-ZJexYyog Disambiguation of People: 25 0 52 23 0 Disambiguation of 'person who cheats in a game — see also cheater': 4 1 63 33
  4. (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab. Tags: countable Synonyms: scalie, strikebreaker
    Sense id: en-blackleg-en-noun-nIhSk3Vi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blacklegging

Verb

Forms: blacklegs [present, singular, third-person], blacklegging [participle, present], blacklegged [participle, past], blacklegged [past]
Etymology: From black + leg. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|leg}} black + leg Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} blackleg (third-person singular simple present blacklegs, present participle blacklegging, simple past and past participle blacklegged)
  1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
    Sense id: en-blackleg-en-verb-noSlTgb1

Inflected forms

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  "word": "blackleg"
}

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