rinderpest

Noun
Synonyms: cattle plague

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranesSynonyms: cattle plague
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain. [1913 Webster]
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