'Rinderpest' definitions:
Definition of 'rinderpest'
(from WordNet)
noun
An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: rinderpest, cattle plague]
Definition of 'Rinderpest'
From: GCIDE
- Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.] A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and {steppe murrain}. [1913 Webster]