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Noun: murrain  mur-in or mú-rin [N. Amer], mú-rin [Brit]
Usage: archaic
  1. Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
    "The medieval chronicles described a murrain that decimated the cattle population"

Derived forms: murrains

Type of: animal disease

Encyclopedia: Murrain