epizootic
[ep-uh-zoh-ot-ik]Veterinary Medicine
adjective
(of diseases) spreading quickly among animals.
noun
an epizootic disease.
Origin of epizootic
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deadly, infectious, endemic, poisonous, taking, pandemic, epidemic, communicable, dangerous, pestiferous, transferable, pestilential, infective, miasmatic, transmittable, catching, impartible, inoculable, transmissibleExamples from the Web for epizootic
Historical Examples of epizootic
If you ask me, said Agnes, with conviction, I think the old thing has the epizootic.
The Corner House Girls on a TourGrace Brooks Hill
"No matter if I do catch the epizootic; guess I'll get over it," said the boy.
Ruth Fielding in Moving PicturesAlice Emerson
I think I have the epizootic, and I don't want any breakfast.
Uncle Wiggily in the WoodsHoward R. Garis
In the 18th and 19th centuries it sometimes spread like an epizootic over the whole of Europe, from Siberia to France.
They traveled over hills and down dales, and once they met a lame rabbit, who had the epizootic very bad.
Uncle Wiggily's TravelsHoward R. Garis
epizootic
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epizootic
[ĕp′ĭ-zō-ŏt′ĭk]
adj.
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epizootic
[ĕp′ĭ-zō-ŏt′ĭk]
Adjective
Noun
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