Rinderpest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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