Ep`i*zo*ot"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. 'epizootique.]
1. Zool.
Of or pertaining to an epizoon.
2. Geol.
Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
[Obs.]
Epizootic 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 1913.
Ep`i*zo"o*ty (?), Ep`i*zo*ot"ic (?), n. [F. 'epizootie.]
An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
© Webster 1913.