According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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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GROIN
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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