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Definition of rinderpest noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rinderpest

noun

/ˈrɪndəpest/

/ˈrɪndərpest/

[uncountable]

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a disease that affects cows and similar animals
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from German, from Rinder ‘cattle’ + Pest ‘plague’.

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