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ep⋅i⋅zo⋅on

[ep-uh-zoh-on, -uhn]
–noun, plural -zo⋅a [-zoh-uh] . Biology.
an external parasite or commensal on the body of an animal; ectozoon.
Also, ep⋅i⋅zo⋅ite.


Origin:
1830–40; < NL; see epi-, -zoon
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ep·i·zo·on   (ěp'ĭ-zō'ŏn, -ən)   
n.   pl. ep·i·zo·a (-zō'ə)
An epizoic organism.
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epizoon ep·i·zo·on (ěp'ĭ-zō'ŏn, -ən)
n. pl. ep·i·zo·a (-zō'ə)
An epizoic organism.

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