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   murrain

   /ˈmʌrɪn/

   noun

   • 1. redwater fever or a similar infectious disease affecting cattle or other animals.
   • 2. a plague, epidemic, or crop blight. archaic
   • ▪ the potato blight during the Irish famine in the mid 19th century.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French morine, based on Latin mori ‘to die’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • M

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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