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ECTOZOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any external parasitic organism (as fleas)
Synonyms:
ectoparasite; ectozoan; ectozoon; epizoan; epizoon
Classified under:
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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