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rinderpest definition

rin·der·pest (rin′dər pest′)

noun

an acute, infectious disease of cattle, sheep, and goats caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by fever and by hemorrhagic inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal

Etymology: Ger rinder, pl. of rind, horned beast (< IE base *er-, head, horn) + pest, plague

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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