epizoon Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
epizoan; ectozoan; ectoparasite; ectozoon.
WordNet
Ep`i*zo"ön noun
(Also<
- Epizoon
- Epizoön
)
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. upon + animal.Wordforms
Definitions
(Zoöl.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.