English Explanatory Dictionary

rinderpest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

Word forms

rinderpest rinderpests

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rinderpest (“cattle plague”).

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