EPIZOAN
Ep`i*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An epizoön.
EPIZOAN
Ep`i*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An epizoön.
EPIZOIC
Ep`i*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; — said of external parasites.
EPIZOIC
Ep`i*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; — said of external parasites.
EPIZOON; EPIZOOEN
Ep`i*zo"ön, n.; pl. Epizoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.