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EPIZOAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: epizoa   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)

Synonyms:

ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("epizoan" 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 "epizoan"):

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

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of or relating to epizoa

Synonyms:

ectozoan; epizoan

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

epizoon (any external parasitic organism (as fleas))

Derivation:

epizoon (any external parasitic organism (as fleas))

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