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rin·der·pest
\ˈrində(r)ˌpest\ noun
Etymology: German, from rinder (plural of rind head of cattle, from Old High German hrind, rind) + pest, from Latin pestis — more at runt
: an acute highly infectious febrile disease of cattle and less often of sheep, goats, and wild game animals caused by a filterable virus and producing diphtheritic inflammation of the mucous membranes and especially of the intestines — called also cattle plague |