Found 2 items, similar to Epizoa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: epizoa epizoa See epizoan epizoan adj : of or relating to epizoa [syn: ectozoan] n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoon] [also: epizoa (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Epizoa 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. [1913 Webster]