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Webster 1913 Edition


Rinderpest

Rin′der-pest

(rĭn′dẽr-pĕst)
,
Noun.
[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
.

Definition 2024


rinderpest

rinderpest

English

Noun

Wikispecies rinderpest (usually uncountable, plural rinderpests)

  1. A contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

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