RINDERPEST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

Synonyms:

cattle plague; rinderpest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rinderpest" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

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