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rinderpest

rinderpest noun: an eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

Noun

rinderpest (usually uncountable, plural rinderpests)

  1. (usually) An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.

rinderpest meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Vietnamese

rinderpest in Tamil

disease
வெக்கை vekkai, பெருநோய் perunōy, பிச்சைநோவு piccainōvu

rinderpest in Kannada

ಗೋಮಾರಿ ರೋಗ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ರೋಗ

rinderpest in Malay

disease
rinderpes

rinderpest in Vietnamese

disease
bệnh rinderpest, dịch tả trâu bò

Forms of rinderpest

pluralrinderpests

Origin of rinderpest

Borrowed from German Rinderpest (“cattle plague”).

Questions about rinderpest

What does rinderpest mean?
Rinderpest means an eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.
What is rinderpest in Tamil?
Rinderpest in Tamil is வெக்கை (vekkai), பெருநோய் (perunōy), பிச்சைநோவு (piccainōvu). See Rinderpest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rinderpest?
Rinderpest is a noun.
What is the plural of rinderpest?
The plural of rinderpest is rinderpests.

Words near rinderpest in the dictionary

  1. rind grafting
  2. rind oil spot
  3. rind-oil spot
  4. rinde
  5. rinded
  6. rinderpest
  7. rinderpests
  8. Rindfleisch
  9. Rindfleisches
  10. Rindge
  11. rinding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rinderpest (page history and authors); rinderpest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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