Definition of Epizoan

1. Noun. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).

Exact synonyms: Ectoparasite, Ectozoan, Ectozoon, Epizoon
Generic synonyms: Parasite
Specialized synonyms: Flea
Derivative terms: Ectozoan

2. Adjective. Of or relating to epizoa.
Exact synonyms: Ectozoan
Partainyms: Ectozoon, Epizoon
Derivative terms: Ectozoon, Epizoon

Definition of Epizoan

1. n. An epizoön.

Definition of Epizoan

1. epizoon [n -S] - See also: epizoon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epizoan

epitrochleas
epitrochoid
epitrochoidal engine
epitrochoids
epitrope
epituberculosis
epituberculous infiltration
epitympanic
epitympanic recess
epitympanic space
epitympanum
epityphlitis
epizeuxes
epizeuxis
epizoa
epizoan (current term)
epizoans
epizoic
epizoic commensalism
epizoism
epizoisms
epizoite
epizoites
epizoochory
epizoodic
epizoology
epizoon
epizoons
epizootic
epizootic bovine abortion

Literary usage of Epizoan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals by George Eliot (1885)
"... the huge limbs of mother earth, one cannot help thinking of man as a parasitic animal—an epizoan making his abode in the skin of the planetary organism. ..."

2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1889)
"The forms included in the genus as here defined approach epizoan- i/ius, but differ in not incrusting shells, etc., and in having the mesenteries arranged ..."

3. British Zoophytes: An Introduction to the Hydroida, Actinozoa, and Polyzoa by Arthur Stuart Pennington (1885)
"(a), and the genus epizoan~ thus for var. (b). Dr. Andres considers all the forms described as forming variety Couchii of this species. 2. ..."

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