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mur·rain (mʉr′in)

noun

  1. any of various infectious diseases of cattle
  2. Archaic a pestilence; plague

Etymology: ME moreine < OFr morine < VL *morire, to die < L mori: see mortal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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