Found 2 items, similar to Cattle plague.
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Definition: cattle plague
cattle plague
n : an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal);
characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of
mucous membranes [syn:
rinderpest]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cattle plague
Plague
\Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
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And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
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The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
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2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague.
“A plague upon the people fell.” --Tennyson.
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Cattle plague. See
Rinderpest.
Plague mark,
Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
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Cattle
\Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
part of a man's property. See
Capital, and cf.
Chattel.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
asses, and swine.
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Belted cattle,
Black cattle. See under
Belted,
Black.
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
cattle louse (Zo["o]l.), any species of louse infecting
cattle. There are several species. The
H[ae]matatopinus eurysternus
and
H[ae]matatopinus vituli are common
species which suck blood;
Trichodectes scalaris eats the
hair.
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also
Russian cattle plague
.
Cattle range, or
Cattle run, an open space through which
cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
domestic products and of implements.
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