Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rinderpest"
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) 1.7 (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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