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Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
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epizoon
Word definitions for epizoon in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: ectoparasite , ectozoan , ectozoon , epizoan ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epizoon \Ep`i*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. Epizoa . [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + zw^,on animal.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozo["o]n. Among them are ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) An external animal parasite
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"parasitic animal on the surface or in the skin of another," 1836, from epi- "on" + Greek zoon "animal" (see zoo- ).