epizoon
noun
an external parasite or commensal on the body of an animal; ectozoon.
epizoa
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pluralof epizoon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Besides his job as ship's doctor he had the un-naval post of naturalist, and intended to keep a weather eye out for Mollusca, Acalephae, Cirripedia, epizoa, Radiata and such.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shorty's skin was raw from head to foot from the depredations of the various tribes of "epizoa," as the physicians generalize them.
From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John
The epizoa generally lodge themselves in various parts of the plumage of birds; and almost every group of birds becomes the host of some specific or varietal form with distinct adaptations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various
Almost every animal is a living poor-house, and harbors one or more species of epizoa or entozoa, supplying them gratis, not only with a permanent home, but with all the necessaries and luxuries of life.
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry
