Epizoötic /(?)/

Ep·i·zo·öt·ic

Epizoötic

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to an epizoön. (Zoöl.)
  2. Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. (Geol.) [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.

Epizoötic

n.
  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.