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epizootic (n.)
animal equivalent of
epidemic
, 1748, from French
épizootique
, from
épizootie
, irregularly formed from Greek
epi
"on, upon" (see
epi-
) +
zoon
"animal" (see
zoo-
). As an adjective from 1790.