ENTOZOON (entozoa)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: entozoa   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does entozoon mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTOZOON (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 ("entozoon" 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:

entozoan (living within a living animal usually as a parasite)

entozoan (of or relating to entozoa)