rinderpest
n 1: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually
fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and
inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: {rinderpest},
{cattle plague}]
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]