Etymology

rinderpest

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Today it means: An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus. Full definition →

German Rinderpest
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  1. German · borrowed fromRinderpest
  2. German · borrowed fromRinderpest
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Borrowed from German Rinderpest (“cattle plague”).

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