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Definition of Epizoan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to epizoa.
2. Noun. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
Generic synonyms: Parasite
Specialized synonyms: Flea
Derivative terms: Ectozoan
Definition of Epizoan
1. n. An epizoön.
Definition of Epizoan
1. epizoon [n -S] - See also: epizoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epizoan
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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