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Definition of Epizoic
1. Adjective. Living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite. "An epizoic plant parasite"
Definition of Epizoic
1. a. Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.
Definition of Epizoic
1. Adjective. living or growing on the external surface of an animal (not always as a parasite) ¹
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Definition of Epizoic
1. living on the body of an animal [adj]
Medical Definition of Epizoic
1. Living as a parasite on the skin surface. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epizoic
Literary usage of Epizoic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"A large number of the sedentary forms are epizoic. ... but in this instance the
epizoic habit does not appear to be necessary, as the same forms may also be ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... Mau- only a single tentacle and that suctorial; epizoic on Cyclops. pas; ...
15). body rounded, processes repeatedly branched, epizoic on Rills of ..."
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