an acute contagious viral disease of cattle, characterized by severe inflammation of the intestinal tract and diarrhoea
Word origin
C19: German: cattle pest
cattle plague in American English
noun
Veterinary Science
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
Word origin
[1865–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, dunk, figure skating, steamroller, tick-tack-toe