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RINDERPEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rinderpest mean?
• RINDERPEST (noun)
The noun RINDERPEST 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: RINDERPEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("rinderpest" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)
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