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CATTLE PLAGUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("cattle plague" is a kind of...):
animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)