(uncountable) A disease of ruminants, caused by of the genus , carried by mosquitos, midges etc.
2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191:
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(countable, AU) The blue-tongue lizard.
: “I don't worry about snakes, blue-tongues, spiders. All I worry about is the mutton-bird.”
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(countable, AU, NZ, colloquial) Someone who is as sleepy as a lizard; a lazy person.
2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 191:
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