EPIZOA
EPIZOON
ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon
(noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
epizoa
plural of epizoon
Source: Wiktionary
EPIZOON
Ep`i*zo"ƶn, n.; pl. Epizoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoƶn. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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