murrain

A noun referring to any infectious disease affecting domestic animals, especially one resembling a plague or causing widespread mortality.

• 🇨🇳名词，指家畜的传染病，尤指类似瘟疫或造成大批死亡的疫病。

1. Plague of livestock C2 formal british medical

   Any of various infectious diseases affecting domestic animals, especially cattle, often resembling a plague.

   • The farmer lost his entire herd to the murrain.
   • Murrain swept through the village, killing many sheep and cows.
   • In medieval times, murrain was a common and devastating affliction for livestock.

   🇨🇳牲畜瘟疫

   同义词: cattle plagueepizootic