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Epizootic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPIZOOT'IC, a. [Gr. animal.] In geology, an epithet given to such mountains as contain animal remains in their natural or in a petrified state, or the impressions of animal substances.
Epizootic mountains are of secondary formation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French épizootique, from épizootie such an outbreak, from épi- (as in épidemie epidemic) + Greek z?iot?s animal nature, from z?? life — more at quick Date: 1748 an outbreak of disease affecting many animals of one kind at the same time; also the disease itself • epizootic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. (of a disease) temporarily prevalent among animals (cf. ENZOOTIC). --n. an outbreak of such a disease. Etymology: F épizootique f. épizootie (as EPIZOON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Epizootic Ep`i*zo*["o]t"ic, a. [Cf. F. ['e]pizo["o]tique.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to an epizo["o]n. 2. (Geol.) Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [Obs.] Epizo["o]tic mountains are of secondary formation. --Kirwan. 3. Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Epizooty Ep`i*zo"["o]*ty, Epizootic Ep`i*zo*["o]t"ic, n. [F. ['e]pizo["o]tie.] An epizo["o]tic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.