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epornitic

epornitic adjective: attacking many birds in a region at the same time.

Adjective

epornitic (not comparable)

  1. Attacking many birds in a region at the same time.
  2. Pertaining to a disease of high morbidity that is occasionally present in a bird population.

Noun

epornitic (plural epornitics)

  1. An outbreak of disease in a bird population.

Forms of epornitic

Adjective
alternative formepiornithic
Noun
pluralepornitics

Origin of epornitic

From ep- + ornith- + -ic.

Questions about epornitic

What does epornitic mean?
Epornitic means attacking many birds in a region at the same time.
What part of speech is epornitic?
Epornitic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epornitic in the dictionary

  1. epopteias
  2. epoptic
  3. epopts
  4. epopœia
  5. epopœias
  6. epornitic
  7. epornitics
  8. ePortal
  9. ePortals
  10. epos
  11. eposes

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