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    ECTOZOON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)play

    Synonyms:

    ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("ectozoon" 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 "ectozoon"):

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

    Derivation:

    ectozoan (of or relating to epizoa)

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