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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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