Crossword clues for epizoon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epizoon
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 the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
epizoon
n. (context biology English) An external animal parasite
WordNet
epizoon
n. any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan]