Dictionary entry

Epizoötic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ep′i‐zo‐öt″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. épizoötique.] 1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an epizoön.

2. (Geol.) Containing fossil remains; — said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.

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.