Ectozoon

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An epizoon.
  2. 2
    any external parasitic organism (as fleas) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ectoparasiteectoparasiteectozoanepizoanepizoon

Etymology

From ecto- + zoon.

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