blackleg

1. An infectious, usually fatal bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes of sheep, goats, and swine, caused by Clostridium chauvoe and characterized by gas-containing swellings in the musculature.
2. A bacterial or fungal disease of certain plants, such as the cabbage and potato, that causes the stems to turn black at the soil line.
3. One who cheats at cards; a cardsharp.
4. Chiefly British. A worker who is opposed to trade unions; a scab.

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Blackleg may refer to:

• Strikebreaker
• Card sharp
• Appalousa tribe
• Operation Blackleg, dive operation on warship HMS Coventry (D118)

Diseases:

• Blackleg (disease), in sheep and cattle
• Scurvy, deficiency in primates & some other animals
• Blackleg (Brassica) in rapeseed and other mustard-and-cabbage-family plants, caused by fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
• Blackleg (potatoes), caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum
• Blackleg (geraniums), caused by quasi-fungi of Pythium

See also

• Blackley
• Blackledge

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skruebrækker, strejkebryder
v. tr. - være skruebrækker, arbejde usolidarisk
v. intr. - være skruebrækker, optræde usolidarisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
stakingbreker, valsspeler, bepaalde veeziekte, bepaalde aardappelziekte, als stakingbreker werken

Français (French)
n. - briseur de grève, jaune (péj)
v. tr. - briser la grève, refuser de soutenir la grève
v. intr. - briser la grève

Deutsch (German)
n. - Streikbrecher
v. - einen Streik brechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απεργοσπάστης
v. - σπάω την απεργία

Italiano (Italian)
crumiro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carbúnculo (m) (Veter.), trapaceiro (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
штрейкбрехер

Español (Spanish)
n. - esquirol, rompehuelgas
v. tr. - actuar como rompehuelgas
v. intr. - actuar como rompehuelgas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svartfot, strejkbrytare
v. - vara osolidarisk mot, svika

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
骗子, 黑腿病, 气肿疽, 工贼, 罢工破坏者, 出卖罢工的伙伴们, 受雇顶替罢工者工作, 拒绝参加罢工, 破坏罢工

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 騙子, 黑腿病, 氣腫疽, 工賊, 罷工破壞者
v. tr. - 出賣罷工的伙伴們
v. intr. - 受雇頂替罷工者工作, 拒絕參加罷工, 破壞罷工

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사기꾼, 기종저, 파업 탈퇴자
v. tr. - ~에 반대하다, ~을 배신하다
v. intr. - 파업이 끝나기도 전에 일터로 돌아가다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 詐欺師, スト破りをする人
v. - スト破りをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عامل مستمر في عمله رغم الأضراب (فعل) يستمر في العمل, يتحدى الأضراب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפר שביתה, רמאי‬
v. tr. - ‮היפר שביתה, רמאי (בקלפים או בהימורים)‬
v. intr. - ‮היפר שביתה‬

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