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Noun: rinderpest  'rin-du(r),pest
  1. An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhoea and inflammation of mucous membranes
    - cattle plague

Derived forms: rinderpests

Type of: animal disease

Encyclopedia: Rinderpest