Associations to the word «Rinderpest»

Wiktionary

RINDERPEST, noun. A contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

Dictionary definition

RINDERPEST, noun. An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats