Usually means: Disease in cattle, sheep, caused.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word blackleg:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. blackleg: Merriam-Webster
  2. blackleg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blackleg: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. blackleg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. blackleg: Vocabulary.com
  6. Blackleg, blackleg: Wordnik
  7. blackleg: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. blackleg: Wiktionary
  9. blackleg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. blackleg: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. blackleg: Dictionary.com
  12. Blackleg (disambiguation), Blackleg (disease), Blackleg (potatoes), Blackleg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Blackleg: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. blackleg: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. blackleg: Rhymezone
  16. Blackleg: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. blackleg: FreeDictionary.org
  18. blackleg: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. blackleg: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. blackleg: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. blackleg: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. blackleg: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. blackleg: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. blackleg, blackleg, blackleg, blackleg, blackleg, blackleg: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. blackleg: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See blacklegs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
noun:  (uncountable) A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
noun:  (countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
noun:  (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers.
verb:  To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

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