Found 2 items, similar to epizoon.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: epizoon
epizoon
n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn:
ectoparasite,
ectozoan,
ectozoon,
epizoan]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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