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rinderpest |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rinderpest n : an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: {cattle plague}]
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