Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EP-I-ZO-OT'IC
EP-I-ZO'AN, or EP-I-ZO'AEP-I-ZO'O-TY
EP-I-ZO-OT'IC, a. [Gr. επι and ζωον, animal.]
In geology, an epithet given to such mountains as contain animal remains in their natural or in a petrified state, or the impressions of animal substances. Epizootic mountains are of secondary formation. Kirwan.
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