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for rinderpest
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
rinderpest
n 1: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually
fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and
inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: rinderpest,
cattle plague]
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