ENDOZOAN (endozoa)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endozoa   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does endozoan mean? 

• ENDOZOAN (noun)
  The noun ENDOZOAN has 1 sense:

1. any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)

  Familiarity information: ENDOZOAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ENDOZOAN (adjective)
  The adjective ENDOZOAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to entozoa

  Familiarity information: ENDOZOAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOZOAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

endoparasite; endozoan; entoparasite; entozoan; entozoon

Hypernyms ("endozoan" is a kind of...):

parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)

Derivation:

endozoan (of or relating to entozoa)

• ENDOZOAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to entozoa

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

endozoan; entozoan

Pertainym:

endozoan (any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms))

Derivation:

endozoan (any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms))