What does "rinderpest" mean?

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

Rinderpest

Common synonyms include: cattle plague, anthrax, blackleg, bovine pestilence, distemper, hoof-and-mouth disease.

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Noun

1
An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus. uncountable, usually
2
an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes wordnet

Borrowed from German Rinderpest (“cattle plague”).