EPIZOON

ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan, epizoon

(noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

epizoon (plural epizoons or epizoa)

(ecology) An external animal parasite.

Source: Wiktionary

Ep`i*zo"ön, n.; pl. Epizoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. 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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