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entozoon

American  
[en-tuh-zoh-on] / ˌɛn təˈzoʊ ɒn /

noun

entozoa plural
  1. any animal parasite, as an intestinal worm, that lives within the body of its host (opposed to ectozoon).


entozoon British  
/ ˌɛntəʊˈzəʊɒn /

noun

  1. any animal, such as a tapeworm, that lives within another animal, usually as a parasite

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of entozoon

First recorded in 1825–35; ento- + -zoon

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When you know the entozoon you can dig him out and save the sheep's life.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

It is a semi-transparent entozoon; each segment is long compared to its breadth, and narrowed at both ends.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

The entozoon of course gives rise to a variety of stale and melancholy jokes about the early bird, the worm that dieth not, and so forth.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

An "entozoon" seems to the practical man a foolish, imaginary creature.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

It spends its whole existence there, and is distinguished from other entozoa by having the mouth between two pores on each side, through which a spicular process comes out.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose

We also know that similar entozoa in their wanderings in the tissues by accident of location, or by disease, or injury of their organs, not infrequently give rise to grave lesions in their hosts.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

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 Bowen, Francis

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 Richardson, Benjamin Ward

Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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