CATTLE PLAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cattle plague mean? 

• CATTLE PLAGUE (noun)
  The noun CATTLE PLAGUE has 1 sense:

1. an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

  Familiarity information: CATTLE PLAGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATTLE PLAGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cattle plague; rinderpest

Hypernyms ("cattle plague" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)