n. Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An infectious and fatal disease among cattle.
adj. Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A disease affecting domestic animals, especially cattle; a cattle-plague or epizoötic disease of any kind; in a more limited sense, the same as foot-and-mouth disease (which see, under foot).
Affected with murrain.
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n. any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
Word Usage
"Egyptian cattle suffered a "murrain" -- with no apparent cause other than a divine curse."