EPIZOOTIC; EPIZOOETIC
Ep`i*zo*öt"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. épizoötique.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an epizoön.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Containing fossil remains; — said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [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.
EPIZOOTY; EPIZOOETY; EPIZOOTIC; EPIZOOETIC
Ep`i*zo"ö*ty, Ep`i*zo*öt"ic, n. Etym: [F. épizoötie.]
Defn: An epizoötic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
EPOCH Ep"och, n. Etym: [LL. epocha, Gr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS. sigor, sige, G. sieg: cf. F. époque. See Scheme.]
1. A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era. In divers ages, . . . divers epochs of time were used. Usher. Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God. Trench. The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 30th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history. Macaulay.