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EPIZOON (epizoa)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epizoon mean? 

EPIZOON (noun)
  The noun EPIZOON has 1 sense:

1. any external parasitic organism (as fleas)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EPIZOON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon

Hypernyms ("epizoon" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epizoon"):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

Derivation:

epizoan (of or relating to epizoa)


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