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🦵 With black legs 🤒 Having disease
blacklegged

blacklegged

8.5
Having a disease that makes legs or stems turn black and rot
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : afectado por la pierna negra
  • The farmer isolated the blacklegged cattle to stop the infection from spreading.

Examples

  • Veterinarians warn that blacklegged animals should be treated quickly to prevent losses.

  • Several blacklegged plants in the field showed signs of stem decay.

  • The blacklegged sheep were not grazing.

  • Many blacklegged plants in the garden showed signs of decay.

  • The farmer isolated the blacklegged cattle to prevent the spread of the disease.

  • Several blacklegged plants in the garden displayed severe signs of decay.

  • Veterinarians recommend treating blacklegged livestock promptly to avoid significant losses.

Antonyms

healthy
695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

How Diseased

gangrenous
  • Specialized
4 9.1
blacklegged
  • Specialized
8.5
diseased
26 3.7
infected
5 3.3
healthy
695 1.0

Surface Forms

blacklegged positive

Morphology

blacklegged = blackleg (opaque) = black + leg + ged

The term 'blacklegged' in this context refers to a disease, which is not easily derived from the components 'black' and 'leg'.

Etymology

Blacklegged comes from blackleg, which is made of black 'dark' and leg 'limb' and was the name of a disease that makes legs or stems turn dark or rot. So blacklegged means 'affected by blackleg', used for animals or plants with that infection.