rinderpest
an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
Origin of rinderpest
1- Also called cattle plague.
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How to use rinderpest in a sentence
It stands to reason they must get bad; and thats the real cause of these here rinderpests and pleuro-pneumonia and whatnots.
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British Dictionary definitions for rinderpest
/ (ˈrɪndəˌpɛst) /
an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea
Origin of rinderpest
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