rinderpest

[ rin-der-pest ]

/ ˈrɪn dərˌpɛst /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

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.

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Also called cattle plague.

Origin of rinderpest

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

Words nearby rinderpest

rimy, rin, Rina, rinceau, rind, rinderpest, Rinehart, rinforzando, ring, ring a bell, ring abscess

How to use rinderpest in a sentence

Rinderpest, or some other incomprehensible disease, affected and decimated the imported herds.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Rinderpest, rin′dėr-pest, n. a malignant and contagious disease of cattle.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Here were collected some two hundred waggons, stopped by loss of all their oxen from rinderpest.
The Matabele Campaign|R. S. S. Baden-Powell
Just 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

rinderpest

/ (ˈrɪndəˌpɛst) /

noun

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

Word Origin for rinderpest

C19: German: cattle pest

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