təˈzoʊ noun, plural ec·to·zo·a 
[-zoh-uh] . Biology.
[-zoh-uh] . Biology. any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host ( opposed to entozoon ).
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ectozoon ec·to·zo·on (ěk'tə-zō'ŏn')
n. pl. ec·to·zo·a (-zō'ə)
An animal parasite, such as a flea or louse, living on the exterior of the host organism.
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Ectozoon
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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