cattle-plague
Definition
- Noun:
- A highly contagious and often fatal viral disease affecting cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals, characterized by fever, discharge from the eyes and nose, and ulceration of the digestive tract. Also known as rinderpest.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The outbreak of cattle-plague in the 19th century devastated European livestock populations. (The viral disease caused massive losses among farm animals.)
- Vaccination campaigns have successfully eradicated cattle-plague from most parts of the world. (The disease has been eliminated through public health measures.)
Advanced Usage
"to be struck by cattle-plague": to suffer an outbreak of the disease.
- The village was struck by cattle-plague, and nearly all the oxen died. (The community experienced a severe epidemic among its livestock.)
"cattle-plague quarantine": isolation measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
- Strict cattle-plague quarantine was imposed to contain the infection. (Animals were kept separate to stop the virus from spreading.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cattle (n): domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, oxen) raised for meat, milk, or labor.
- The farmer owns a herd of fifty cattle. (A group of cows and bulls.)
- Plague (n): a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and causes high mortality.
- The plague killed thousands in medieval Europe. (The bubonic plague epidemic.)
Synonyms
- Rinderpest: the scientific name for cattle-plague.
- Rinderpest is one of the few diseases to have been eradicated globally. (The same viral illness.)
- Bovine distemper: an older, less precise term for cattle-plague.
- Bovine distemper was once feared by farmers worldwide. (A synonym for the same condition.)
Phrasal Verbs
Related Idioms