Blackleg
Appearance
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Blackleg, blacklegs or black-legged may refer to:
Disease
[edit]- Blackleg (disease), in sheep and cattle
- Blackleg (Brassica) in rapeseed and other mustard-and-cabbage-family plants, caused by fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
- Blackleg (potatoes), caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum
- Blackleg (geraniums), caused by a form of the quasi-fungus Pythium
- Scurvy, vitamin deficiency in primates and some other animals
Species
[edit]- Black-leg, a common name for the polypore fungus Royoporus badius
- Black-legged kittiwake, seagull species
- Black-legged seriema, seriema bird species
- Blackleg tortoiseshell, another name for the large tortoiseshell butterfly
- Animals named as black-legged
- Black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus
Other uses
[edit]- Blacklegs (horse), a racehorse
- Opelousa people, historical Native American tribe of Louisiana
- Blackleg labour (or strikebreaking)
- Card sharp
- Operation Blackleg, dive operation on warship HMS Coventry (D118)
See also
[edit]- Blackley, Manchester, England
- Blackledge (disambiguation)
- Black Legion (disambiguation)