any plaguelike disease in cattle a plague
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mur•rain
(mûr′in),USA pronunciation n.
- Veterinary Diseasesany of various diseases of cattle, as anthrax, foot-and-mouth disease, and Texas fever.
- [Obs.]a plague or pestilence.
- Middle French morine a plague, equivalent. to mor(ir) to die (
Latin morī) + -ine -ine2 - Middle English moreine, moryne 1300–50
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