ectozoan
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ectozoan — I noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas) • Syn: ↑ectoparasite, ↑ectozoon, ↑epizoan, ↑epizoon • Derivationally related forms: ↑epizoan (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ectozoan — ec·to·zo·an … English syllables
epizoan — I noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas) • Syn: ↑ectoparasite, ↑ectozoan, ↑ectozoon, ↑epizoon • Derivationally related forms: ↑epizoan (for: ↑epizoon), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ectozoon — n. Biol. a parasite that lives on the outside of its host. * * * noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas) • Syn: ↑ectoparasite, ↑ectozoan, ↑epizoan, ↑epizoon • Derivationally related forms: ↑epizoan (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ectoparasite — noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas) • Syn: ↑ectozoan, ↑ectozoon, ↑epizoan, ↑epizoon • Derivationally related forms: ↑epizoan (for: ↑epizoon), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ectozoon — /ek teuh zoh on, euhn/, n., pl. ectozoa / zoh euh/. Biol. any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon). Also, ectozoan. [1855 60; ECTO + ZOON] * * * … Universalium
ectozoon — n. (pl. zoa) external parasite. ♦ ectozoan, ♦ ectozoic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
ectozoic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|zōik adjective Etymology: New Latin ectozoa + English ic : living on the surface of an animal : ectozoan * * * /ek teuh zoh ik/, adj. (of a parasitic animal) living on the surface of its host. [ECTOZO(ON) + IC] * * * … Useful english dictionary
