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

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

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

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

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

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

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

Perhaps the prevailing doctrine is in nothing placed in greater difficulties than it is with regard to the entozoa, or creatures which live within the bodies of others. 

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

Galvanism may bring gelatinous matter into the form of an insect, or infusoria, or entozoa; but there is no evidence that it can impart life, however exquisite the organization.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

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