rinderpest
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- Also called cattle plague.
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How to use rinderpest in a sentence
A prime example is the rinderpest virus, which in the late 19th century devastated populations of ruminants — buffalo, antelope, cattle — in sub-Saharan Africa.
Caribou gut parasites indirectly create a greener tundra | Jake Buehler | May 20, 2022 | Science Newsrinderpest, or some other incomprehensible disease, affected and decimated the imported herds.
The Philippine Islands | John Foremanrinderpest, rin′dėr-pest, n. a malignant and contagious disease of cattle.
Here were collected some two hundred waggons, stopped by loss of all their oxen from rinderpest.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-PowellJust about the same time the terrible scourge of rinderpest came down upon the land.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-Powell
Owing to rinderpest, it seems almost impossible to get sufficient waggons in Cape Colony to bring up the required supplies.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-Powell
British Dictionary definitions for rinderpest
/ (ˈrɪndəˌpɛst) /
an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea
Origin of rinderpest
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