rinderpest

[ rin-der-pest ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.
  1. 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
1860–65; <German, equivalent to Rinder cattle (plural of Rind) + Pest pestilence

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How to use rinderpest in a sentence

  • Owing to rinderpest, it seems almost impossible to get sufficient waggons in Cape Colony to bring up the required supplies.

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British Dictionary definitions for rinderpest

rinderpest

/ (ˈrɪndəˌpɛst) /


noun
  1. an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea

Origin of rinderpest

1
C19: German: cattle pest

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