ˈrində(r)ˌpest noun
Etymology: German, from rinder (plural of rind head of cattle, from Old High German hrind, rind ) + pest, from Latin pestis — more at runt
: an acute highly infectious febrile disease of cattle and less often of sheep, goats, and wild game animals caused by a filterable virus and producing diphtheritic inflammation of the mucous membranes and especially of the intestines — called also cattle plague