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rinderpest
[ rin-der-pest ]
noun
- an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
rinderpest
/ ˈrɪndəˌpɛst /
noun
- an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea
Word History and Origins
Origin of rinderpest1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rinderpest1
Example Sentences
A prime example is the rinderpest virus, which in the late 19th century devastated populations of ruminants — buffalo, antelope, cattle — in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rinderpest, or some other incomprehensible disease, affected and decimated the imported herds.
Rinderpest, rin′dėr-pest, n. a malignant and contagious disease of cattle.
Here were collected some two hundred waggons, stopped by loss of all their oxen from rinderpest.
Just about the same time the terrible scourge of rinderpest came down upon the land.
Owing to rinderpest, it seems almost impossible to get sufficient waggons in Cape Colony to bring up the required supplies.
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