epizootic

1. 1.

   (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region

   “an epizootic disease”

   Similarepidemic

   animal

Questions about epizootic

What does epizootic mean?

epizootic means "(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region".

How many syllables are in epizootic?

epizootic has 4 syllables: e-pi-zoo-tic. The stress falls on "zoo".

Is epizootic a common word?

epizootic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.