| sea tang | <botany> A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. "To their nests of sedge and sea tang." (Longfellow) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tang | <botany> A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). <zoology> Tang sparrow, the rock pipit. Origin: Of Scand. Origin; cf. Dan. Tang seaweed, Sw. Tang, Icel. Thang. Cf. Tangle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bang, Bernhard | <person> Danish veterinarian and physician, 1848-1932. See: Bang's bacillus, Bang's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bang's bacillus | A species of the genus brucella whose natural hosts are cattle and other bovidae. Other mammals, including man, may be infected. Abortion and placentitis are frequently produced in the pregnant animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bang's disease | A disease in cattle caused by Brucella abortus; in pregnant cows, characterised by abortion late in pregnancy, followed by retained placenta and metritis; in bulls, orchitis and epididymitis may occur; the organism may localise in the udder and thus appear in milk from infected cows. Synonym: Bang's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |