rin|der|pest

rin|der|pest
rin|der|pest «RIHN duhr PEHST», noun.
an acute and usually fatal, infectious virus disease especially of cattle and sheep. It is marked by fever, dysentery, and inflammation of the mucous membranes. »

Rinderpest is the world's deadliest cattle disease, killing 90% to 100% of the cattle it infects (Science News Letter).

[< German Rinderpest cattle plague < Rinder, plural of Rind ox + Pest pestilence, plague]

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Russian cattle plague — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • steppe murrain — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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