[{"word":"epizootics","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare epidemic.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs."},{"definition":"A particular epizootic disease.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often in the plural) A disease or ailment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epizootic","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epizootics"]}]