Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the Ectozoa; an ectozoan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
epizoön .
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- noun zoology An
epizoon .
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- noun any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek outside + an animal.
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