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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epizootic adj : (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease"
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