blackleg

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(blăk'lĕg') pronunciation
n.
  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.

blackleg or black quarter, acute infectious disease of cattle, less often of sheep, caused by an organism of the genus Clostridium. It is characterized by inflammation of muscles with swelling and pain in the affected areas. Toxins formed by the organism produce severe muscle damage, and mortality is high. Animals between the ages of six months and two years are most commonly affected. Treatment with large doses of antibiotics is only partially successful; in endemic areas, young animals can be vaccinated for prevention.


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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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