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Rinderpest

Rinderpest Meaning & Definition
Rinderpest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rinderpest?

[n] an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rinderpest: cattle plague

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See Also | animal disease

Rinderpest In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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