epizootics
plural of epizootic
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*zo*ƶt"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. Ʃpizoƶtique.]
1. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to an epizoƶn.
2. (Geol.)
Definition: Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [Obs.] Epizoƶtic 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.
Ep`i*zo"ƶ*ty, Ep`i*zo*ƶt"ic, n. Etym: [F. Ʃpizoƶtie.]
Definition: An epizoƶtic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 April 2025
(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; āthey used bales of newspaper every dayā
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
