Epizootic

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1. Adjective

Of or pertaining to an epizoon.

2. Adjective

Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.

3. Adjective

Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.

4. Noun

An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

5. Adjective

(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease"
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