About The Word Epizoon
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Epizoon
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What's The Definition Of Epizoon?
[n] any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Epizoon: ectoparasite | ectozoa | ectozoon | epizoa Related Terms | Find terms related to Epizoon: Epizoon In Webster's Dictionary \Ep`i*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. {Epizoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi`
upon + ? 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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