blauwtong, noun
/ˈblaʊtoŋ/
- Forms:
- Also blaauw-tong.
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more South African Dutch, blauw blue + tong tongue.
obs. except in historical contexts, Pathology
blue tongue.
1896 R. Wallace Farming Indust. of Cape Col. 382Autumn fever, or ‘blaauw-tong’ is a form of influenza which is thought to be nearly allied to horse-sickness,..that local form of it which affects the head and tongue more particularly.
1979 T. Gutsche There Was a Man 21He (sc. A. Theiler) identified and described the historic Blaauwtong (Blue Tongue) in sheep.
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