Epizootic

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Of or pertaining to an Epizoon.

II. Epizootic ·noun An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

III. Epizootic ·adj Containing fossil remains;

— said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.

IV. Epizootic ·adj Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time;

— corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.