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Webster 1913 Edition

Epizootic

Epˊi-zo-öt′ic

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Adj.
[Cf. F.
épizoötique
.]
1.
(Zoöl.)
Of or pertaining to an epizoön.
2.
(Geol.)
Containing fossil remains; – said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
[Obs.]
Epizoötic
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.
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Noun.
[F.
épizoötie
.]
1.
A contagious disease which attacks many animals at the same time; an epizootic disease; an epidemic among animals.
2.
A murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epizootic

EPIZOOT'IC

,
Adj.
[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.

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