Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) ", 7 letters:
entozoa

Word definitions for entozoa in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to entozoa [syn: endozoan ] living within a living animal usually as a parasite; "entozoic worms" [syn: entozoic , endozoic ] [ant: epizoic ] n. any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of entozoon English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Entozoa \En`to*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? within + zw,on an animal.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes. An artificial group, ...

Usage examples of entozoa.

Polyps, sponges, and cystic entozoa, may also be included among hermaphrodites.