entozoon
noun
any animal parasite, as an intestinal worm, that lives within the body of its host (opposed to ectozoon).
entozoa
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pluralof entozoon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then it was alleged that the entozoa, the worms found in the bodies of animals, were self-produced, without eggs, until the microscope discovered that one could lay 60,000 eggs.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
The parasitic diseases arising from the introduction into the body, through food, of the larvae of the entozoa, would cease.
From Hygeia, a City of Health by Benjamin Ward Richardson
Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
You are to study men; not lice nor entozoa.
From Val d'Arno by John Ruskin
The existence of entozoa, or parasitic animals, found in the interior of the bodies of other animals, and found nowhere else, is thought to support the same doctrine.
From A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' by Francis Bowen
