Epizoic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Living or growing on the external surface of an animal.
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  • adj. living or growing on the external surface of an animal (not always as a parasite)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In natural history, living on the surface or in the skin of animals, as lice, ticks, and many other insects, various parasitic fungi, etc. Also epizoötic.
  • Specifically, of or pertaining to the crustaceous parasites known as Epizoa.
  • Also epizoal, epizoan.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite
    • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ectozoic   
     
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