Ectozoon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ectozoon \Ec`to*zo"["o]n\, n.; pl. {Ectozoa}. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'ekto`s outside outside + zw^,on an animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
     See {Epizo["o]n}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ectozoon
       n : any external parasitic organism (as fleas) [syn: {ectoparasite},
            {ectozoan}, {epizoan}, {epizoon}]